| William Swinton - United States - 1871 - 350 pages
...defended by thirty thousand Mexicans, intrenched in a series of works in the vicinity of the city. 185. In the latter part of August and the early part of September, 1847, the Americans defeated the Mexicans in the fortified camp of Contreras [kon-tray'ras], at Churubusco... | |
| William Swinton - United States - 1875 - 356 pages
...defended by thirty thousand Mexicans, intrenched in a series of works in the vicinity of the city. 185. In the latter part of August and the early part of September, 1847, the Americans defeated the Mexicans in the fortified camp of Contreras [kon-tray'ras], at Churubusco... | |
| William Swinton - United States - 1876 - 348 pages
...defended by thirty thousand Mexicans, intrenched iu a series of works in the vicinity of the city. 185. In the latter part of August and the early part of September, 1847, the Americans defeated the Mexicans in the fortified camp of Contreras [kon-tray'ras], at Churubusco... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - Biography & Autobiography - 1883 - 656 pages
...this mission was his mother's advanced age, and the probability that he might never see her again. In the latter part of August and the early part of September, he was absent from Lancaster on a journey to the East, on account of his health. On his return, he... | |
| Ernest Thompson Seton - Birds - 1891 - 187 pages
...the eggs were clearly seen through the interstices from below, and one old bird was shot as she sat. In the latter part of August and the early part of September I saw great flocks on the Upper Assiniboine, and on Swan River above Livingston. They were feeding... | |
| William Swinton - United States - 1893 - 414 pages
...defended by thirty thousand Mexicans, intrenched in a series of works in the vicinity of the city. In the latter part of August and the early part of September, 1847, the Americans defeated the Mexicans in the fortified. camp of Contreras, at Churubusco, in the... | |
| Nathan Goold - United States - 1896 - 64 pages
...sermon preached. Parson Ephraim Clark, of Cape Elizabeth, went to Cambridge and remained " a spell" in the latter part of August and the early part of September, encouraging the soldiers and conducting their meetings. Many citizens of Falmouth visited the army... | |
| Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1896 - 512 pages
...sermon preached. Parson Ephraim Clark, of Cape Elizabeth, went to Cambridge and remained " a spell" in the latter part of August and the early part of September, encouraging the soldiers and conducting their meetings. Many citizens of Falmouth visited the army... | |
| United States. Industrial Commission - Industries - 1970 - 1086 pages
...12,000 have come to America and about 00,000 are roaming around the whole of Europe. I was in Roumania in the latter part of August and the early part of September, and have seen with my own eyes the conditions there, and arrived at the conclusion that they could... | |
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