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CHAPTER VIII.— General Taylor ordered to the Rio Grande— History of Texan 

 boundaries — Origin of the war — Military preparations — Commencement of hostili- 

 ties — Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca — Matamoros — Taylor's advance — Fall of 

 Monterey, 334 



CHAPTER IX. — General Wool inspects and musters the western troops — Army 

 of the Centre — New Mexico — Kearney — Macnamara — California — Fremont — So- 

 noma — Californian independence — Possession taken — Sloai — Stockton — A revolt — 

 Pico — Treaty of Cduenga — Kearney at San Pascual — is relieved — Disputes — San 

 Gabrielle — Mesa — Los Angeles — Fremont's character, services, trial, . 342 



CHAPTER X.— Valley of the Rio Grande— Santa Anna at San Luis— Scott com- 

 mander-in-chief — Plan of attack on the east coast — General Scott's plan — Doni- 

 phan's expedition — Bracito — Sacramento — Revolt in New Mexico — Murder of 

 Richie — Selection of battle ground — Description of it — Battle of Angostura or 

 Buena Vista — Mexican retreat — Tabasco — Tampico, .... 350 



CHAPTER XI. — Santa Anna's return — changes his principles — Salas executive — 

 Constitution of 1824 restored — Paredes — Plans of Salas and Santa Anna — his letter 

 to Almonte — his views of the war — refuses the Dictatorship — commands the army 

 — State of parties in Mexico — Puros — Moderados — Santa Anna at San Luis — 

 Peace propositions — Internal troubles — Farias's controversy with the church — Pol- 

 ko revolution in the capital — Vice Presidency suppressed — Important decree, 358 



CHAPTER XII.— General Scott at Lobos— Landing at and siege of Vera Cruz- 

 Capitulation and condition of Vera Cruz — Condition of Mexico — Alvarado, etc., 

 captured — Scott's advance — Description of Cerra Gordo — Mexican defences and 

 military disposal there — Battle of Cerro Gordo — Perote and Puebla yield — Santa 

 Anna returns — Constitution of 1824 readopted — Mexican politics of the day — 

 "War spirit — Guerillas — Peace negotiations — Santa Anna's secret negotiations, 370 



CHAPTER XIII. — Scott at Puebla — Tampico and Orizaba taken — Scott's advance 

 — Topography of the Valley of Mexico — Routes to the capital — El Penon — Mex- 

 icalzingo — Tezcoco — Chalco — Outer and inner lines around the city — Scott's ad- 

 vance by Chalco — The American army at San Augustin, .... 381 



CHAPTER XIV.— Difficulties of the advance— The Pedregal— San Antonio— Ha- 

 cienda — Relative position of American and Mexican armies — Path over the Ped- 

 regal to Contreras — Valencia disconcerts Santa Anna's plan of battle— American 

 advance and victory at Contreras — San Antonio turned by Worth — Battle of Chu- 

 rubusco — Battle at the Convent and Tete de Pont — Their capture, . . 391 



CHAPTER XV.— Why the city was not entered on the 20th— Condition of the 

 city — Deliberation of the Mexican cabinet and proposals — Reasons why General 

 Scott proposed and granted the armistice — Deliberations of commissioners — -Par- 

 ties against Santa Anna — Failure of the negotiation — Mexican desire to destroy 

 Santa Anna, . 400 



CHAPTER XVI. — Military position of the Americans at the end of the armis- 

 tice — Mexican defences — Plan of attack — Reconnoissances of Scott and Mason — 

 Importance of Mexican position at Molino del Rey — Scott's scheme of capturing 

 the city — Battle of Molino del Rey — Reflections and criticism on this battle — Pre- 

 parations to attack Chapultepec — Storming of Chapultepec and of the city Gates 

 of San Cosme and Belen — Retreat of the Mexican army and government — Ame- 

 rican occupation of the city of Mexico, 408 



CHAPTER .XVII. — Attack of the city mob on the army — Gluitman Governor — 

 Pena President — Congress ordered — Siege of Puebla — Lane's, Lally's, and 

 Childs's victories — Guerrilleros broken up — Mexican politics — Anaya President — 

 Peace negotiations — Scott's decree — Pena President — Santa Anna and Lane — 

 Santa Anna leaves Mexico for Jamaica — Treaty entered into — Its character — Santa 

 Cruz de Rosales — Court of Inquiry— Internal troubles — Ambassadors at Q,uere- 

 taro — Treaty ratified — Evacuation — Revolutionary attempts — Condition of Mexico 

 since the war — Character of Santa Anna — Note on the military critics, . 420 



