Lithographie intitulée et titré : "Bataille de Palo Alto, le 8 mai 1846, entre 2900 Américains, sous le général Taylor, 6000 et les Mexicains, commandée par le général Arista.' La bataille de Palo Alto a été la première grande bataille de la guerre américano-mexicaine et a été fo
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Lithograph entitled and captioned: "Battle of Palo Alto, May 8th 1846, between 2900 Americans, under General Taylor, and 6000 Mexicans, commanded by General Arista." The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major battle of the Mexican-American War and was fought on May 8, 1846, on disputed ground five miles from the modern-day city of Brownsville, Texas. A force of some 3, 400 Mexican troops, a portion of the Army of The North, led by General Mariano Arista engaged a force of 2, 400 U.S. troops. Taylor advanced his artillery to attack the enemy. It was this "Flying Artillery", the tactic of using light artillery to attack then quickly move to another location and fire once more, developed by Major Samuel Ringgold, that won the battle for the Americans. Ringgold died of wounds inflicted in the battle, but his death spurred a significant boost to morale across America. The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Combat operations lasted from spring 1846 to fall 1847. American forces quickly occupied New Mexico and California and then invaded parts of Northeastern Mexico and Northwest Mexico. The Pacific Squadron conducted a blockade, and took control of several garrisons on the Pacific coast in Baja California. After Mexico would still not agree to the cession of its northern territories, another American army captured Mexico City, and the war ended in victory of the U.S. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo forced Mexican Cession of the territories of Alta California and New Mexico to the U.S. in exchange for $18 million. In addition, the United States forgave debt owed by the Mexican government to U.S. citizens. Mexico accepted the Rio Grande as its national border, and the loss of Texas.
