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Excerpt from Scott's Campaign in Mexico: From the Rendezvous on the Island of Lobos to the Taking of the City, Including an Account of the Siege of Puebla, With Sketches of the Country, and Manners and Customs of the InhabitantsWhen, "in the course of human events, " it becomes necessary for a nation to send forth her armies, either to battle for her liberties upon her own borders and drive from her shores the ruthless invaders of her rights, or to fight for the honor of her flag upon a foreign soil, the movements, and victories, and reverses which may attend the march of those armies, are looked upon with the most vital and abiding interest by all classes and departments of that nation which sent them forth to the field, and whose honor as a people, or existence as an independent nation, may depend upon the issue. And then, when the storm of battle is past, and the gory wheels of the Juggernaut of war stands still, and the wails that go up from the field of mortal combat, shall be changed into the songs of rejoicing and the pæans of returning peace, it is naturally expected by that nation, and by the world, that some one familiar with the stirring events, some actor in the thrilling drama, who moved among the battling legions, and looked out upon the shock where contending armies met, and valor fought and bled, should take up the pen of the historian, and for the pleasure and information of mankind, chronicle, with a free and impartial hand, and an unbiassed head, the most prominent features of the war, and the circumstances which led to the happy and successful termination of the conflict.Professing some knowledge of the facts and incidents which I have here related, and feeling confident that the whole truth has not yet been told, I have, with some care and research, thrown together the following pages, hoping to be able to invest the "thrice told tale" with something new, and record some thing that may have a tendency to instruct and amuse the general reader.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.