+----------------------------------------+ | BY THE SAME AUTHOR | | | | The | | Annexation of Texas | | | | _Octavo ix + 496 pages_ | | | | _By mail, postpaid, $3.00_ | | | | ------------------------ | | This is the only work attempting to | | deal thoroughly with an affair that | | was intrinsically far more important | | than had previously been supposed, | | and was also of no little significance | | on account of its relation to the war | | with Mexico. | | ------------------------ | | | | THE MACMILLAN COMPANY | | _PUBLISHERS_ | +----------------------------------------+ THE WAR WITH MEXICO BY JUSTIN H. SMITH FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AUTHOR OF "THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS," "OUR STRUGGLE FOR THE FOURTEENTH COLONY," "ARNOLD'S MARCH FROM CAMBRIDGE TO QUEBEC," ETC. VOLUME II New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1919 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and printed. Published December, 1919. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE MAPS AND PLANS IN VOLUME II vi CONSPECTUS OF EVENTS xi PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH xiii CHAPTER XXI. BEHIND THE SCENES AT MEXICO 1 XXII. VERA CRUZ 17 XXIII. CERRO GORDO 37