Disbound.
April 23,1847 · [Mexico City]
by Trigueros, Ignacio - BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO - BROADSIDE
[Mexico City], April 23,1847. Disbound. . Very good; old folds; one word affected by a hole (paper flaw?); looks to have been bound into a larger collection at one time.. Folio broadside meas. appx. 483 x 310 mm. on milled paper.
The public printing of Manuel Baranda's (minister in Santa Anna's government) circular to district governors concerning the Mexican defeat at the Battle of Cerro Gordo several days prior. After United States forces captured the port of Veracruz on March 29, 1847, General Winfield Scott advanced towards Mexico City on April 2 by crossing the Rio Antigua. General Antonio López de Santa Anna, commanding Mexican forces in the area, had prepared fortifications at Cerro Gordo, near Xalapa, with more than 8,700 soldiers in a fortified defile. A reconnaissance was sent out to find, or to make, a road by which the rear of the enemy's works might be reached without the need of a frontal assault. This reconnaissance was made under the supervision of Captain Robert E. Lee. The subsequent battle was an overwhelming success for the Americans. The broadside offered here issued by the Mexican government is an acknowledgment of the defeat and an attempt by the Mexican side to buttress public opinion; urging citizens to maintain their fighting spirit. OCLC cites only the Yale copy; absent from Garrett. (Inventory #: 23086)
The public printing of Manuel Baranda's (minister in Santa Anna's government) circular to district governors concerning the Mexican defeat at the Battle of Cerro Gordo several days prior. After United States forces captured the port of Veracruz on March 29, 1847, General Winfield Scott advanced towards Mexico City on April 2 by crossing the Rio Antigua. General Antonio López de Santa Anna, commanding Mexican forces in the area, had prepared fortifications at Cerro Gordo, near Xalapa, with more than 8,700 soldiers in a fortified defile. A reconnaissance was sent out to find, or to make, a road by which the rear of the enemy's works might be reached without the need of a frontal assault. This reconnaissance was made under the supervision of Captain Robert E. Lee. The subsequent battle was an overwhelming success for the Americans. The broadside offered here issued by the Mexican government is an acknowledgment of the defeat and an attempt by the Mexican side to buttress public opinion; urging citizens to maintain their fighting spirit. OCLC cites only the Yale copy; absent from Garrett. (Inventory #: 23086)