 | Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1848 - 120 pages
...the night. There was but one more obstacle — the San Cosme gate (custom house) — between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace...by daylight, resist our siege guns thirty minutes. Scott had gone back to the foot of Chapultepec, the point from which the two aqueducts begin to diverge,... | |
 | John Frost - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1848 - 332 pages
...for the night. There was but one more obstacle — the San Cosme gate (customhouse) between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace — the heart of the city ; and the barrier, it was known, could not by daylight, resist our siege guns thirty minutes. I had gone... | |
 | George C. Furber - Maps - 1849 - 660 pages
...for night. — There was but one more obstacle ; the San Cosine gate (custom-house) between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace...siege guns thirty minutes. I had gone back to the fool of Chaputtepec, the point from which the two aqueducts begin to diverge, some hours earlier, in... | |
 | Nathan Covington Brooks - California - 1849 - 696 pages
...for the night. There was but one more obstacle — the San Cosme" gate (customhouse), between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace,...barrier it was known could not, by daylight, resist our siege-guns thirty minutes. " I had gone back to the foot of Chapultepec, the point from which the two... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - America - 1850 - 928 pages
...troops under shelter for the night. There was but one obstacle, the San Cosme gate, between him and the great square, in front of the cathedral and palace,...that barrier, it was known, could not, by daylight, stand our large guns thirty minutes. Such was the position of things on the night of the 13th. The... | |
 | Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1850 - 598 pages
...for the night. There was but one more obstacle — the San Cosme gate (custom-house) between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace...that barrier, it was known, could not, by daylight, res>st our siege guns thirty minutes. "I had gone back to the foot of Chapultepec, the point from which... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1851 - 506 pages
...for the night. There was but one more obstacle — the San Cosm6 gate (custom-house) between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace...barrier, it was known, could not, by daylight, resist our siege-guns thirty minutes." I have already stated that we had carried the San Cosm6 gate, about sunset,... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1852 - 392 pages
...for the night. There was but one more obstacle — the San Cosine gate (custom-house) between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace...barrier, it was known, could not, by daylight, resist our siege-guns thirty minutes." I have already stated that we had carried the San Cosme• gate, about... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 822 pages
...the night. There was but one more obstacle — the San Cosme gate (custom-house) — between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace...siege guns thirty minutes. " I had gone back to the fort of Chapultepec, the point from which the two aqueducts begin to diverge, some hours earlier, in... | |
 | History, Modern - 1848 - 622 pages
...for the night. There was but one more obstacle — the San Cosme gate (custom-house), between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace...that barrier, it was known, could not, by daylight, resibt our siege guns thirty minutes. I had gone back to the foot of Chapultepeo, the point from which... | |
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Cosme gate (custom-house) — between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace ; the heart of the city and that barrier, it was known, could not, by daylight, resist our siege guns thirty minutes. 
