. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. YIP»E A. CEIU^. LANDING OF THE TROOPS. 369 was echoed, and answered through the line. The voicesof veterans, and of nevv recruits-^of those who had beenvictorious at Monterey, and of those who hoped for vic-tories in the future—were mingled in loud acclamationfor him, whose character inspired confidence, and whoseactions Were already embodied in the glorious history oftheir country ! Near. Sacrificios the landing comme
. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. YIP»E A. CEIU^. LANDING OF THE TROOPS. 369 was echoed, and answered through the line. The voicesof veterans, and of nevv recruits-^of those who had beenvictorious at Monterey, and of those who hoped for vic-tories in the future—were mingled in loud acclamationfor him, whose character inspired confidence, and whoseactions Were already embodied in the glorious history oftheir country ! Near. Sacrificios the landing commenced. It must beobserved at this point, that every man expected to be metat the landing; for such, in military judgment, shouldhave been the course of the enemy, and such would havebeen the case had the landing been made at the pointwhere the enemy expected it, and where his forces werecollected. Preparations were therefore made for anypossible contingency. Two steamers and five gunboats,arranged in line, covered the landing. Five thousand fivehundred troops embarked in sixty-seven surf-boats. Thesignal-gun was fired. The seamen bent to their oars,and in a magnificent semicircle the b
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