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Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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STORMING OF CHAPULTEPEC. The castle of Chapultepec stood on a steepand lofty hill, and could not be turned. Ifwon at all, it must be by a direct assault.On the twelfth of September the Americanartillery opened fire upon it, and reduced italmost to ruins. On the morning of thethirteenth a determined assault was made bythe Americans, and the castle was carriedafter a sharp struggle. The fugitives from Chapultepec retreated During the night of the thirteenth SantaAnna, with the remains of his army, retreatedfrom the city, leaving the authorities to makethe best terms they could with the conquer-ors. The city officials presented themselvesbefore General Scott before daybreak, andproposed terms of capitulation. The generalreplied that the city was already in his power,and that he would enter it on his own terms.The next day, September 14, 18 4.7. the 622 FRO^I THE REVOLUTION TO THE CIVIL WAR. American army entered the city of Mexico, oc-cupied the grand square, and hoisted the stars
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GENERAL SCOTT ENTERING THE CITY OF MEXICO thousand men from the capital to the viLinilyof Puebla, which was besieged by a Mexicanforce. The city containedeighteen hundred sickAmericans, and was heldby a garrison of five hun-dred men under ColonelChilds. This little forceheld out bravely until thearrival of a brigade fromVera Cruz, under Gen-eral Lane, on its way toreinforce General Scott.Lane d-ove off SantaAnnas army, and re-lieved Puebla on theeighth of October. Tendays later Santa Annawas reported to be col-lecting another force atAlixo. Lane set out im-mediately for that place,reached it by a forcedmarch, and dispersed theMexicans beyond allhope of reunion. Immediately after thecapture of the city ofMexico Santa Anna re-signed the presidency ofthe republic in favor ofSenor Pefia y Pena, pre-sident of the SupremeCourt of Justice, but re-tained his position ascommander-in-chief ofthe army. The fall of thecity was followed by theinauguration of a newgovernment, one of thefirst acts o

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