Resaca de la Palma
[ rey-sah-kuhdey 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.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonResaca de la Palma A regiment charged in column, and, joined by the skirmishers, seized the enemy's artillery.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonFormerly the river ran by Resaca de la Palma, some four or five miles east of the present channel.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete | Ulysses S. GrantOn the next day was the battle of Resaca de la Palma, in which he was acting adjutant in place of the officer killed.
Ulysses S. Grant | Walter Allen
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