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Politics : Long Live The Death Penalty! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: marcos who wrote (396)	1/16/2003 1:32:23 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 828

At the boiling brown waters of the Rio Grande opposite Matamoros he built a strong fort, which he called Fort Texas, mounting his siege guns. At the same time he sent pacific messages to the Mexican commander on the opposite bank. These were countered by threats and warnings, and on April 25, the day after the arrival at Matamoros of General Mariano Arista with two or three thousand additional troops, by open hostilities. The Mexicans crossed the river in some force and attacked a reconnoitering detachment of sixty dragoons under Capt. Seth B. Thornton. They killed eleven men and captured Thornton and the rest, many of whom were wounded. army.mil