Resaca de la Palma

American  

[rey-sah-kuh dey lah pahl-muh, duh, ruh-sak-uh] / reɪˈsɑ kə deɪ lɑ ˈpɑl mə, də, rəˈsæk ə /

noun

1. a locality in S Texas, near Brownsville: battle 1846.

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Resaca de la Palma

While he and his men do act with courage and dispatch, he concludes that the Americans would have won the Battle of Resaca de la Palma even if his company hadn’t been there.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2018

The affairs of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma properly constitute only a single battle.

From Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. by Henry Wager Halleck

In the early summer of 1846, after the victories of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the United States Army, under General Zachary Taylor, lay near the town of Matamoras.

From Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War by Fannie A. Beers

The next afternoon he met the enemy at Resaca de la Palma, and whipped him in the time usually required to ejaculate the word "scat!"

From Comic History of the United States by F. Opper

Mexican war, beginning of, 18; precipitated by movement to the Rio Grande, 21, 22; first hostilities, 23; Palo Alto, 25; Resaca de la Palma, 26.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet