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Resaca de la Palma
[ rey-sah-kuh dey lah pahl-muh, duh, ruh-sak-uh ]
noun
- a locality in S Texas, near Brownsville: battle 1846.
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Taylor's left was met by cannonade, but the Mexican column was overthrown and the entire force fell back to Resaca de la Palma.
Resaca de la Palma A regiment charged in column, and, joined by the skirmishers, seized the enemy's artillery.
Formerly the river ran by Resaca de la Palma, some four or five miles east of the present channel.
On the next day was the battle of Resaca de la Palma, in which he was acting adjutant in place of the officer killed.
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