The Battle of Chapultepec

By Government Printing Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000006344
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.4 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Battle of Chapultepec
Author:	Government Printing Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Printing Office
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: Toward the end of the Mexican War (1846-48), U.S. forces marched into the interior of Mexico, intent upon capturing the capital city. The western approach to Mexico City was protected by Chapultepec, a fortified hill that rose some 200 feet above the city plain. Atop this rocky bluff stood the fortress of Chapultepec, once a palace, but now used as the Mexican military academy. On the morning of September 13, 1847, after a day’s bombardment, General Winfield Scott ordered American troops to storm the fortification. By mid-morning, General Nicolas Bravo and his Mexican troops remaining in the citadel, including the cadets of the academy, capitulated. Six of the teenage cadets, who chose death rather than surrender, are honored for their courage to this day in Mexico as the Niños Heroes (boy heroes). Mexico City fell on September 14, and the war soon ended. U.S. Marines still wear a red stripe on the trousers of their dress uniform to commemorate the Battle of Chapultepec.

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