Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-17

American Inhabitants ul Texas iAf
onfnumherod the Moxicans. There
was a continual state OF bad feeling
between the newcomers and The ma
tyts. and 70 finally ended ln insurroc
tion. which was followed quickly by
revolutions
Early In 1885 Toxas and Mczlco
were at war. Several battles we're
fought. and victory was almost a.
wnya ON the sido of tho revulutiouista.
The battle of San Antonio De beKari
fought Dec 90 of ihut year. drove thc
Mo8lcans from Texas. They did not
remain away. however. Next year an
afmN of 600 men uudCr Santa Ana
invested the Alamo a strong fort near
San Antonio. The Alamo held a gar-
rIann OF f72 mon. and ~ resisted San
On Ann'H superior force FOR eleven
DAYS 70 was thon carried by storm.
and the entire garrison was butch
cred. The Texans were reused tn
state OF such excitement by the Mex.
leans brutality that in the following
anrinr thcy cut santa Ana'G army
into pieces at San Jaclnlo and cap.
lured the leader. This resulted I'm
tho independence nf Texas. 70 was
Acknowledged hy the United states in
1897 and hy thc various European GOV.
pumcni within two years afirfwhfd.
Texas was anncyed to the United
sflfns in 1886. and that led tp war
with Mexico During the three years
lf actual hostl.tics between fho coun.
tries many notable battles Wcro
flueht. The capture of Che city OF
Mexico and tho complete overthrow
I of Santa Ana were the outcome of a
I long series of military operations, The
details of whl soom clumsy iu the
I light cf muroy, modern warfare. In
many of these conflicts The slaughter
I In proportion tO the number of men
rnaaeod was terrific. in Toe operations
AGAINST Ho CIty of Mexico the Amor.
cans 'ost 5000 out of an army of A..
900 The Mexican loss was over 1000
Towards ,he middl, of the century
occurred .hr East Indian wars which
resulted iu -hD conquest Di The Pun.
lh THIS immense acquisition fo iho
British holdings r Asia was effected
Ihy many desperate strugrlea One OF
Z Iha m".t notable off Thorn was Che
campaign against tho SIkhs conducted
Iby Lord Cough ln 1858 SevaHtopoi
I IeIl The CrlmDan war. which began
! 1.-Two years earlier was the result of
Z % religious quarrel France and Russia
became Involved in dispute over the
custody of the holy places boz Palos.
/ time This was nothing especially nov.
| 90. Cor thD Greek and Latin churches
| had been hasslinE over the same mat
| tof Cor centuries. and 20 bad been the
7 cause of numerous conflicts All of
I these sacred localities being Boo the
| possession of Turkey % required
I grout 0nosac un the part of the porte
leo avoid giving offonso 90 either
/ communion, ln 1859 the porto
decid0d that the Latins could not CO..
tain exclusive possession Of any of the
coveted shrinos. hut that the Greeks
mIenf have e key to the Church of the
Nativity ht Bethlehem and to certain
I other structures Di similar import
| lncc France erowlod and accepted
/ fho decision. huf Russia continued to
I ush that enc French monks hC put out
lui thc Holy land. Finally me Rus
I slams demanded that tho czar should
I he riNgn prlioctunIp over OH
I Christians iu Tho Turkish domInl0us.
I Tho porte declined thls radical prop.
POSITION and France and England sup
/ ported the Turkish contention. Ems.
! land France. Austria and Prussia
/ agrced upon o. compromise. which
! liussia accepted ana Turkey refused.
I The quarrel was removed. and both
I countries declared war
/ a Turkish not.lla of twelve ships ln
! 'hr black sea was attacked hy "a fleet
LOT eleven Kusslan vessels. aud an OFT
| The suItan's ships except one were de-
atroyod The allied rocta of the FrOnCh
land Eurllsh catered me Black sea,
ana hosrIlities began n earnest The
/ battle uf tho Alma was fought en- Sept.
20, 1864. and after four hours hard
nrhtinr involving q loss OF 5000 Rus.
/ slams and $500 allies. the Russians
were routed Then the famous Siege
Iuf StYasiopOl began. % was not Until
september of the next year that the
= Ma.uhor fort zen and the stronghold
surrendered
Three years later England had her
hands rUll n supprgalng the great 90.
risIngs ln her East Indian colonies
/ Lucknow and rawupor are but syno
uym of two of me hlOOdiosi strugglca
Iln military history England had ma
sooner crushed the Indian mutlny
than she found herself ai war with
lChnh. Tho struggle lasted for nearly
two wears and ended in the capture of
the pelho forts and pokinE About
this time also. the italian struggle for
independence began. The king oi Sar
dinla came forward as the champion
of Italian liberation from the yoke
uf Austria He vas unsuccoBBful bat
hia SON. Victor Emmanuel d.. had the
same ambition, and. with Cavour ioi
his adviser ho renewed the attompt
ile succeeded in onlistinE the power
ul asa oft France, and after series
lof battles which terminated with the
fierce struggle at sOlforlno he accom-
Iplished his design.
uutu 1850 ali regular naval battles
had been fought in wooden ships The
battle OF Hampton Roads. March %
1859. was the first serious encounter
between ironclad ships of war N is
true that France had four small gun
boats in the Orimoan war with arm0I
plating. but the American civil WAT
marked tho actual beginning of the
ircnclad type. The famous meeting OF
the armor plated Morrimar with Cap
tain John EricagOnH Monitor Was a
revelation TO naval observers. The
year 1868 Oh memorable for two of tho
most remarkable battles in the annals
lot military scionce-tho fight al Get
ltysburg and the siege and fall of
Nickahurg restoring union pros
ItIge Ia he east and the other result