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The Battle of Palo Alto, fought on May 8, 1846, near modern Brownsville, Texas, was the first battle of the Mexican–American War.On April 30, 1846, Mexican federal troops under the command of General Mariano Arista crossed the Rio Grande into the disputed territory east of the river with the intention of attacking American General Zachary Taylor's forward base, Fort Texas.
The Battle of Palo Alto is commemorated by letters in marble floor below. [41] Mexican War Memorial, Veterans Park, College Station, Texas, with sculpture by J. Payne Lara. [42] [43] Mexican War Veterans memorial, unveiled 2014, Corpus Christi, Texas [44] Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park [45]
The rout of General Arista's army at Resaca de la Palma also relieved the Mexican siege of Fort Texas, where a garrison had been left following Taylor's move to Point Isabel prior to the Battle of Palo Alto. [4] Only eight miles from Palo Alto and four miles from Resaca de la Palma, the garrison was well within earshot of the fighting and the ...
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The Resaca de la Palma Battlefield is a separate unit of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, located in northern Brownsville on the east side of Paredes Line Road north of East Price Road. The battlefield occupies a bend the Resaca de la Palma, an oxbow-like body of water that is part of the delta of the Rio Grande. The site is ...
Siege of Fort Texas: May 3–9 American forces withstand Mexican Army attacks. (A) Battle of Palo Alto: May 8 Mexican Army under Mariano Arista in the disputed land between the Rio Grande (Río Bravo) and the Nueces River engage an American army attempting to lift the aforementioned Siege of Fort Texas. (A) Battle of Resaca de la Palma: May 9
Bon Appétit Management Company is a Palo Alto, California-based on-site restaurant company, [1] that provides café and catering services to corporations, colleges, [2] and universities. The company is a subsidiary of the British multinational corporation Compass Group since 2002, and operates over 1,000 cafes in 33 states.