Cerro Gordo
a mountain pass in E Mexico between Veracruz and Jalapa: defeat of Mexican troops by U.S. troops 1847.
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How to use Cerro Gordo in a sentence
Santa Anna, with the flower of his army, awaited him in the strong position of Cerro Gordo, fifty miles northwest.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonIn less time than you have taken in reading this account of it the battle of Cerro Gordo was lost and won.
The Rifle Rangers | Captain Mayne ReidThe storming of the Cerro Gordo was one of the most brilliant things on record.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2) | Hazard StevensEither of these routes, pursued by Worths column, would have effectually turned the position of the Cerro Gordo.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2) | Hazard StevensThe brilliant conflict of Cerro Gordo came upon the Mexicans like a thunderbolt, and is the most decisive blow of the war.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2) | Hazard Stevens
British Dictionary definitions for Cerro Gordo
/ (Spanish ˈθɛrrɔ ˈɡorðo) /
a mountain pass in E Mexico, between Veracruz and Jalapa: site of a battle in the Mexican War (1847) in which American forces under General Scott decisively defeated the Mexicans
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