Thornton Affair
The Thornton Affair, also known as the Thornton Skirmish, Thornton's Defeat, or Rancho Carricitos was a battle in 1846 between the military forces of the United States and Mexico twenty miles west upriver from Zachary Taylor's camp along the Rio Grande. The much larger Mexican force completely defeated the Americans in the opening of hostilities, and was the primary justification for U.S. President James K. Polk's call to Congress to declare war.
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Thornton Affair
The Thornton Affair, also known as the Thornton Skirmish, Thornton's Defeat, or Rancho Carricitos was a battle in 1846 between the military forces of the United States and Mexico twenty miles west upriver from Zachary Taylor's camp along the Rio Grande. The much larger Mexican force completely defeated the Americans in the opening of hostilities, and was the primary justification for U.S. President James K. Polk's call to Congress to declare war.
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The Thornton Affair, also know ...... ll to Congress to declare war.
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هزيمة ثورنتون أو قضية ثورنتون ...... قتيلاً و6 جرحى وأسر 49 فرداً.
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1846-04-25
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*Start of theMexican–American War
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1600 cavalry,sappers, lightinfantry
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Rancho de Carricitos
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Anastasio Torrejón
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The Thornton Affair, also know ...... ll to Congress to declare war.
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هزيمة ثورنتون أو قضية ثورنتون ...... قتيلاً و6 جرحى وأسر 49 فرداً.
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Thornton Ambush
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