
Mexican-American War
Lectures in History
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The Path to Mexico City
Most of the volunteers, those who had signed up for a year, it's done. Scott sits in puabla all summer long because he doesn't have enough troops to advance with. The path to mexico cities now more heavily guarded than before santa anna had retreated from sara gordo and gone to mex Mexico city. So one option for the americans is to send a division to flank the mexican army at chirobusco by by by cutting across these lava beds. Im not so young, a not so young engineer named robertlee, finds the path across these lavabeds. But they're a relatively unguarded path to me
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