Oct. 15. Second attack on Alvarado. 24. San Juan Bautista captured by Perry. 28. Tampico evacuated by Parrodi. 29. Wool occupies Monclova. Nov. 15. Tampico captured by Conner. 16. Saltillo occupied by Taylor. 18. Scott appointed to command the Vera Cruz expedition. Dec. 5. Wool occupies Parras. 6. Kearny's fight at San Pascual. 25. Doniphan's skirmish at El Brazito. 27. Scott reaches Brazos Id. 29. Victoria occupied. 1847 Jan. 3. Scott orders troops from Taylor. 8. Fight at the San Gabriel, Calif. 9. Fight near Los Angeles, Calif. 11. Mexican law regarding Church property. 28. Santa Anna's march against Taylor begins. Feb. 5. Taylor places himself at Agua Nueva. 19. Scott reaches Tampico. 22-23. Battle of Buena Vista. 27. Insurrection at Mexico begins. 28. Battle of Sacramento. Mar. 9. Scott lands near Vera Cruz. 29. Vera Cruz occupied. 30. Operations in Lower California opened. Apr. 8. Scott's advance from Vera Cruz begins. 18. Battle of Cerro Gordo; Tuxpán captured by Perry. 19. Jalapa occupied. May 15. Worth enters Puebla. June 6. Trist opens negotiations through the British legation. 16. San Juan Bautista again taken. Aug. 7. The advance from Puebla begins. 20. Battles of Contreras and Churubusco. Aug. 24-Sept. 7. Armistice. Sept. 8. Battle of Molino del Rey. 13. Battle of Chapultepec; the "siege" of Puebla begins. 14. Mexico City occupied. 22. Peña y Peña assumes the Presidency. Oct. 9. Fight at Huamantla. 20. Trist reopens negotiations. Nov. 11. Mazatlán occupied by Shubrick. 1848 Feb. 2. Treaty of peace signed. Mar. 4-5. Armistice ratified. 10. Treaty accepted by U. S. Senate. May 19, 24. Treaty accepted by Mexican Congress. 30. Ratifications of the treaty exchanged. June 12. Mexico City evacuated. July 4. Treaty proclaimed by President Polk. THE PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH The niceties of the matter would be out of place here, but a few general rules may prove helpful. _A_ as in English "ah"; _e_, at the end of a syllable, like _a_ in "fame," otherwise like _e_ in "let"; _i_ like _i_ in "machine"; _o_, at the end of a syllable, like _o_ in "go," otherwise somewhat like _o_ in "lot"; _u_ like _u_ in "rude" (but, unless marked with two dots, silent between _g_ or _q_ and _e_ or _i_); _y_ like _ee_ in "feet."