Saint Patrick's Battalion
The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de San Patricio), formed and led by John Riley, was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants (accounts vary) and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War of 1846–8. Most of the battalion's members had deserted or defected from the United States Army. The Battalion served as an artillery unit for much of the war. Despite later being formally designated as two infantry companies, it still retained artillery pieces throughout the conflict. In many ways, the battalion acted as the sole Mexican counterbalance to the recent U.S. innovation of horse artillery. The "San Patricios" were responsible for the toughest battles encountered by the United States in its in
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Saint Patrick's Battalion
The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de San Patricio), formed and led by John Riley, was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants (accounts vary) and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War of 1846–8. Most of the battalion's members had deserted or defected from the United States Army. The Battalion served as an artillery unit for much of the war. Despite later being formally designated as two infantry companies, it still retained artillery pieces throughout the conflict. In many ways, the battalion acted as the sole Mexican counterbalance to the recent U.S. innovation of horse artillery. The "San Patricios" were responsible for the toughest battles encountered by the United States in its in
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Batalion św. Patryka (hiszp. E ...... azywano batalionem irlandzkim.
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Die San Patricios (auch San Pa ...... im Blut (In the Rogue Blood).
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El Batallón de San Patricio er ...... del Santo Patrono de Irlanda.
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Het Bataljon van Sint-Patrick ...... de daden van de San Patricios.
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Le bataillon Saint Patrick (es ...... masse, et à la Saint-Patrick.
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O Batalhão de São Patrício (em ...... ciado como patrono da Irlanda.
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The Saint Patrick's Battalion ...... Infantry and the 8th Infantry.
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Батальон Святого Патрика (Sain ...... поднимется американский флаг.
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聖パトリック大隊(せいぱとりっくだいたい、英: Saint ...... 国から逃れて、メキシコ軍の一部としてアメリカ合衆国と戦った。
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Crimson
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Sky Blue
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Turkish Blue
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Yellow
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est.700+ maximum strength
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Erin go bragh (An anglicisation of theIrishfor "Ireland forever")
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Reconstruction of the battalion's flag as described by John Riley.
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Francisco R. Moreno
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"Preferring to fight with the ...... e service of a foreign enemy."
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Peter Quinn, Looking for Jimmy: A Search for Irish America
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Batalion św. Patryka (hiszp. E ...... azywano batalionem irlandzkim.
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Die San Patricios (auch San Pa ...... kampfstarke Artillerietruppe.
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El Batallón de San Patricio er ...... del Santo Patrono de Irlanda.
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Het Bataljon van Sint-Patrick ...... vocht aan de zijde van Mexico.
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Le bataillon Saint Patrick (es ...... du Mexique une grande erreur.
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O Batalhão de São Patrício (em ...... cidadania, soldos maiores que
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The Saint Patrick's Battalion ...... by the United States in its in
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Батальон Святого Патрика (Sain ...... ные же повешены как дезертиры.
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聖パトリック大隊(せいぱとりっくだいたい、英: Saint ...... 国から逃れて、メキシコ軍の一部としてアメリカ合衆国と戦った。
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Bataillon Saint Patrick
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Batalhão de São Patrício
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Batalion Świętego Patryka
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Bataljon van Sint-Patrick
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Batallón de San Patricio
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Saint Patrick's Battalion
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San Patricios
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Батальон Святого Патрика
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聖パトリック大隊
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Saint Patrick's Battalion
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Los San Patricios, Los Colorados Valientes
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