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The obstacle to an advancement to Mexico City was removed and Scott made immediate plans to leave a small garrison at Veracruz and march inland, his first objective being Jalapa. [1]: 259–261 Along the way, Scott would in fact encounter a sizable Mexican army under Santa Anna at the Battle of Cerro Gordo.
The Other Side or Notes for the History of the War Between Mexico & the United States. New York, John Wiley. 1850. Roa Barcena, Jose Maria. Recuerdos de la invasion norte-americana. Ed. Antonio Castro Leal. Mexico City, Editorial Porrua. 1947.
Veracruz uses a simple "I Go, You Go" alternating system of turns, where the American moves and then attacks, followed by the Mexican player. This completes one game turn, which represents one week. [3] In recognition that more soldiers died from yellow fever than from battle wounds, [1] a disease check is made by both players every four weeks. [2]
The blockade of Veracruz was extremely important in the Mexican-American War in stopping the trade of contraband. [ 1 ] : 107 Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft instructed Commodore David Conner 's Home Squadron to "exercise all the rights that belong to you as commander-in-chief of a belligerent squadron."
In the H. [Heroic] city of Veracruz, on the thirty first of August of eighteen hundred and fifty, I, Don Ignacio Jose Jimenez, curate of the parish church of the Assumption of Our Lady, buried in the general cemetery the body of Juan Reley, of forty five years of age, a native of Ireland, unmarried, parents unknown; died as a result of ...
The Battle of Veracruz, also known as the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, was a naval engagement that pitted a French frigate squadron under Rear Admiral Charles Baudin against the Mexican citadel of San Juan de Ulúa, which defended the city of Veracruz, from 27 November to 5 December 1838.
After United States forces captured the port of Veracruz on March 29, 1847, General Winfield Scott advanced towards Mexico City on April 2 by crossing the Rio Antigua. [2]: 261 General Antonio López de Santa Anna, commanding Mexican forces in the area, had prepared fortifications at Cerro Gordo, near Xalapa, with more than 8,700 soldiers in a fortified defile, dominated by El Telegrafo.
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