CHAPTER EIGHT Recruitment of Men and Supplies from the United States

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1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xi
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. MAPS xiv
6. Prologue 1
7. CHAPTER ONE The Vasquez Raid 9
8. CHAPTER TWO The Withdrawal of Texan Military Forces from San Antonio 32
9. CHAPTER THREE The Mexican Advance along the Lower Route 39
10. CHAPTER FOUR The Withdrawal of Vasquez 47
11. CHAPTER FIVE Texans Rally To Defend the Frontier 55
12. CHAPTER SIX Houston Assumes the Offensive To Appease Texans 104
13. CHAPTER SEVEN Preparing the Navy for Offensive Operations 117
14. CHAPTER EIGHT Recruitment of Men and Supplies from the United States 133
15. CHAPTER NINE The Army on the Frontier 165
16. CHAPTER TEN The Failure of the Republic's Efforts To Fit Out an Invading Army 211
17. CHAPTER ELEVEN The Battle of Lipantitlán 229
18. CHAPTER TWELVE The "War Bill" 255
19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Conditions on the Texas-Mexican Frontier During the Late Summer, 1842 280
20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Mexicans Again Seize San Antonio 297
21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Battle of Salado 335
22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Dawson Fight 364
23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Woll's Withdrawal from Texas 382
24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Defensive Preparations and the Clamor for Offensive Operations 409
25. CHAPTER NINETEEN Assembling of an Army at San Antonio 427
26. CHAPTER TWENTY The March of the Somervell Expedition to Laredo 483
27. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The Capture and Plunder of Laredo 509
28. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO The March to Guerrero 527
29. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Capture of Guerrero 540
30. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Somervell Marches Home 565
31. Epilogue 579
32. Appendices 587
33. Bibliography 653
34. Index 683