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	Siege of Veracruz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Veracruz was a 20-day siege of the key Mexican seaport of Veracruz, Veracruz, during the Mexican-American War.
		Worth's and Twiggs' regulars had previously seen action at the battle of Monterrey and two of Patterson's brigade were commanded by two generals with notable skill: John A. Quitman and James Shields.
		Veracruz was considered to be the strongest fortress in the western hemisphere at the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Veracruz (1206 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Veracruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Veracruz, Veracruz is the name of a city and a state in Mexico.
		Veracruz, Veracruz, during the The Mexican-American War was a war fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848.
		After the battles of The Battle of Monterrey (September 21-September 23, 1846) was an engagement in the Mexican-American War in which General Pedro de Ampudia and the Mexican Army of the North managed to fight US troops to a standstill at the important fortress town of Monterrey.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Veracruz (3962 words)

	Siege of Veracruz -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		After the battles of (An industrial city in northeastern Mexico) Monterrey and (In 1847 United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican forces under Santa Anna in the Mexican War) Buena Vista, fighting in northern Mexico subsided.
		Worth's and Twiggs' regulars had previously seen action at the (additional info and facts about battle of Monterrey) battle of Monterrey and two of Patterson's brigade were commanded by two generals with notable skill: (additional info and facts about John A. Quitman) John A. Quitman and (additional info and facts about James Shields) James Shields.
		In the meantime the besiegers were plagued by sorties from the city and (A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment) guerrilla attacks.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/siege_of_veracruz.htm (1262 words)

	Veracruz City Guide
		The State of Veracruz is the home of the mother "Olmec" culture of Mesoamerica The Olmecs ruled the coast as early as 1200 BC and were the first to use the sophisticated calendrical system and ritual ball game.
		Veracruz is located in the oriental part of the Mexican Republic on the Gulf of Mexico, is surrounded by the states of: Tamaulipas, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Puebla, Hidalgo and San Luís Potosí.
		Veracruz is almost the same latitude as Mexico City, 261 miles due west.
	www.carnaval.com /cityguides/veracruz/vc_guide.htm (2342 words)

	List of Medal of Honor recipients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Morris Brown (posthumous), for capturing the Confederate flag at the Battle of Gettysburg.
		Wendell Cushing Neville, for distinguished conduct in battle engagements of Veracruz 21-22 April 1914.
		Douglas Albert Munro (posthumous), for bravery as the leader of the evacuation of a number of Marines at the Battle of Guadalcanal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients (2230 words)

	Veracruz -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		One of the country's principal seaports and a communications center for the surrounding area, Veracruz is situated in east-central Mexico, on the Bay of Campeche, about 180 miles (290 kilometers) east of Mexico City.
		Veracruz is bounded on the north by Tamaulipas state, east by the gulf, southeast by Tabasco and Chiapas states, and west by Oaxaca, Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosí states.
		In almost every battle in the war the American troops were victorious, though they were outnumbered by the Mexicans by about two to one.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9277568?tocId=9277568 (575 words)

	Battle of Puebla -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The battle, which ended in a Mexican victory, is celebrated in the national calendar of Mexican holidays as Cinco de Mayo (5th of May).
		It is bounded on the east by Veracruz; on the south by Oaxaca; on the west by Guerrero, Morelos, and the Federal District; and on the northwest by Tlaxcala and Hidalgo.
		Two battles in the fall of 1777 that marked the turning point for the Continental Army in the American Revolution were the Battles of Saratoga.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9061816?tocId=9061816 (895 words)

	HispanicVista Columnists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In one of the worst battles, some sixty Spaniards and several horses were wounded by the enemy.
		However, as he watched the Spaniards prove themselves in battle, the Tlaxcalan King Xicotenga was very impressed and decided to allow Cortés' army to pass through the confederation on its way to Tenochtitlán.
		After this battle, Cortés - a master of manipulation - persuaded most of Narvaez's troops to join him, after promising them a share of the spoils when Tenochtitlán was brought under Spanish control.
	www.latinobeat.net /HVC/Opinion/Guest_Columns/112204schmal.htm (4175 words)

	History of Mexico - The State of Tlaxcala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The chief purpose of these "ceremonial battles" was to furnish captives to be used in their sacrificial rites.
		In this battle, some sixty Spaniards and several horses were wounded by the enemy.
		Watching the Spaniards prove themselves in battle, the Tlaxcalan King Xicotenga was very impressed and decided to allow Cortés' army to pass through the confederation.
	www.houstonculture.org /mexico/tlaxcala.html (3511 words)

	Battle of Cerro Gordo -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		As Scott's army marched from Veracruz to Mexico City, it attacked an entrenched Mexican force of 12,000 under Antonio Santa Anna at a mountain pass near Cerro Gordo.
		The battle marked the end of the order's expansion along the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea and the beginning of the decline of its power.
		One of the two major battles of the American Civil War was fought at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pa., from July 1 to 3, 1863.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9360202?tocId=9360202 (945 words)

	Battle of Veracruz
		The Battle of Veracruz was a bloody, 20-day siege of the key Mexican seaport of Veracruz during the Mexican-American War.
		General Winfield Scott landed with 12,000 troops on a beach at Collado, three miles southeast of Veracruz.
		The surprise flanking maneuver was successful, and by March 15 the city was surrounded.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/battle_of_veracruz (197 words)

	Mexican Apertura 2005: Matchweek 8 Wrap
		Atlas, currently battling relegation, suffered a devastating loss, an own goal defeat, that sent them to the bottom of the ladder.
		Sinaloa, which are also in the relegation battle, defeated Veracruz 1-0 at ‘Luis Pirata Fuente’ stadium to abandon the bottom of the relegation chart.
		VERACRUZ 8 2 3 3 14 19 -5 9
	www.isfa.com /news?id=18421 (1369 words)

	Battle of Puebla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This battle was fought in the small town of Puebla between about 6,000 experienced French dragoons, or infantryman, and a rag-tag group of about 2,000 Mexican farmers and Native Americans.
		This battle was an embarassing defeat for the highly trained French troops.
		Veracruz was a city plagued by illness, so Juarez let the European soldiers occupy the towns of Cordoba, Orizaba, and Tehuacan while discussions were held.
	www.hpl.lib.tx.us /youth/cinco_war.html (341 words)

	Alliance Wines - UK Wine Importers, Merchants & Distributors, based in Scotland
		In the bell-tower of this chapel a pair of storks nest every year, and they are the inspiration for the VERACRUZ label.
		It was his decision to follow the French Chateau pattern, putting the Bodega alongside the vineyards, a revolutionary step for those times in the Rueda area.
		Ermita Veracruz is Spain's secret weapon, brandishing crisp, racy, herbaceous fruit character, a full, rich palate of spicy, guava, mango and lychee fruit.
	www.alliancewine.co.uk /bodegas-veracruz (315 words)

	Muster at Gonzales & Battle of Bexar 3
		Muster at Gonzales and Battle of Bexar 3
		The men, in the mean time, were ordered to clear away bushes and vines, under the hill and along the margin, and at steepest places to cut steps for foot-hold, in order to afford them space to form and pass, and at suitable places ascend the bluff; discharge their rifles, and fall back to re-load.
		The battle had not lasted more than ten minutes, before a brass double fortified four-pounder was opened on our line with a heavy discharge of grape and canister, at the distance of about eighty yards from the right flank of the first division, and a charge sounded.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/musterbexar3.htm (5393 words)

	PBS VIDEOdatabase of America's History and Culture -- Chapters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In Washington, President Polk is persuaded that he must open a second front against Mexico, invading the country at Veracruz and marching on Mexico City.
		Santa Anna fortifies a position on the National Road seventy miles from Veracruz, in the hills near the tiny village of Cerro Gordo.
		But Scott is faced with another problem: his supply lines to Veracruz are under constant attack by Mexican bandits and guerrilla forces.
	pbsvideodb.pbs.org /programs/all_chapters.asp?item_id=4313 (791 words)

	Air Arms of Mexico
		Between 1927 to 1943, a few aircraft were acquired, an Mexican built Azcarate E trainer float plane, a Fairchild KR-34 float plane and possibly (not confirmed) two Waco aircraft, a Model UIC and a Model PBF, with a total of seven naval officers gaining their wings, although some of these joined the FAM.
		Two types of aircraft, the Lancair IVP and Super ES, have been built and one helicopter type, the Rotor Way Exec 162F helicopter (one of which was lost in December 2000).
		On the Order of Battle page we show you where the main bases are.
	www.scramble.nl /mil/8/mexico/navy-main.htm (636 words)

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		The principal naval installation and school are in Veracruz.
		Memories of Gen. "Blackjack" Pershing's invasion of Mexico and the battle of Veracruz in 1914 are also strong.
		Although drug control is a principal mission, specified by the president as a threat to national security, the army cannot continue to concentrate on that and still devote sufficient resources to control civil unrest.
	db.uwaterloo.ca /~alopez-o/politics/timebomb.html (1978 words)

	San Jacinto Museum of History—Santa Anna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The resulting campaign led to the Battle of San Jacinto.
		Martíngale from Santa Anna's horse, captured at the Battle of San Jacinto.
		He fought the French in 1838, losing a leg in battle and led the Mexican army to defeat in the Mexican War.
	www.sanjacinto-museum.org /The_Battle/Commanders_of_the_Field/Mexican/Santa_Anna (390 words)

	Metroactive Stage \| 'Veracruz'
		As a playwright, Levin was attracted to the little-remembered 1914 seizure and occupation of Veracruz because London's writing from the front in support of capitalist interests—represented in the play by oil baron Bill Buckley (Tom Ammon)—showed a marked departure from his socialist leanings.
		Levin weaves these and other news stories of the times, including a prisoner-abuse scandal (which Levin penned long before Abu Ghraib), to create a fascinating study of the personal and political interests that make up a war.
		Veracruz, a Pear Avenue Theatre production, plays Thursday-Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm through Oct. 10 at the Pear, 1220 Pear Ave., Mountain View.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/09.22.04/veracruz-0439.html (443 words)

	Tim Blair: BRUISED IN VERACRUZ
		Battle is joined as Greenpeace faces off against a boatload of genetically-modified maize!
		Activists are currently on the anchor chain, preventing the offloading of the contaminated shipment.
		Unfortunately, we can't do all the work of the Mexican government, which is why we are taking them to court to make sure they do their job.
	timblair.spleenville.com /archives/004260.php (2353 words)

	The Indigenous People of Central Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This state of perpetual war was very hateful to the Tlaxcalans and by the time that Cortés arrived in Tlaxcala, the confederation represented fertile grounds for an anti-Mexica alliance.
		There, at the battle of Otumba, the Spanish managed a smashing victory that dissuaded the Aztecs from pursuing the Spaniards and their allies any farther.
		By the end of the battle, 850 Spaniards and 4,000 Tlaxcalans had been lost.
	www.houstonculture.org /mexico/mexico2.html (3433 words)

	Puebla : Special Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cinco de Mayo & the Battle of Puebla--In the United States, the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo is often compared to the Fourth of July, but it's not Mexican Independence Day.
		The date commemorates the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, which resulted in a memorable victory against foreign invaders.
		A well-trained and handsomely uniformed army of 6,000, under the command of General Laurencez, landed in Veracruz with the objective of occupying Mexico City.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=937&catID=0937022241 (220 words)

	"Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow" Review #1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Captain Gregg insists that his former Captain was far from a hero but rather a coward who demanded his crew let him off the ship before the Battle of Veracruz and that Figg did not die at sea but in Schooner Bay.
		The battle of Veracruz was fought in March of 1848 and was the first time in American history that a naval landing force was used in battle.
		The town of Veracruz was taken in siege three days after the landing, thus helping to end the war.
	members.aol.com /moonbowl/hero1.htm (627 words)

	Footnotes to History- U to Z
		One of the largest groups was that of Yanga, who ruled a village in the vicinity of Veracruz.
		Slaves flocked to join the revolt, and the Zanj (from the Arabic for "fl") forces defeated the governor of Basra in several battles.
		When the Gaza defeated Albasini in battle, he was forced to relinquish his army, and his settlement soon collapsed.
	www.buckyogi.com /footnotes/natuz.htm (4997 words)

	Lying to Provoke a War, Not a New Issue in Washington, by Ruben Arvizu, June 9, 2003
		President Polk stated something similar, assuring the people of Mexico they had nothing to fear from the American invading forces because they were there to "protect them and help them to get rid of their bad government." No mention, of course, of his lust for Mexican territory.
		In 1847 the American forces commanded by General Winfield Scott bombarded and destroyed the port of Veracruz.
		During that battle a young Captain, Robert E. Lee, another future personality of the Civil War, wrote in one of his letters " The fire was terrific and the shells thrown from our battery were constant and regular discharges, so beautiful in their flight and so destructive in their fall.
	www.wagingpeace.org /articles/2003/06/09_arvizu_lying.htm (1058 words)

	Cries for Help: Medicine in the Mexican War
		Porter reported that, when the hospital was established at Veracruz, he did not have a single steward, “kitchen, or sink, bunk, table, bench, spit box, close stool—in a word, there was nothing but the miserable sick.” To add to his problems, the hospital had neither privies [toilets] nor “chamber utensils.”
		Scott was sure that, once the troops were in Veracruz, if they were prohibited from associating with the local residents and the troop encampments remained along the waterfront with its sea breezes, yellow fever could be prevented.
		Nevertheless, in the spring of 1847 at Veracruz, ether was used for the first time in the Mexican War when a man’s leg was cut off during surgery.
	www.texancultures.utsa.edu /hiddenhistory/Pages4/spurlin.htm (3896 words)

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