Resaca de la Palma

[ rey-sah-kuh dey lah pahl-muh, duh, ruh-sak-uh ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Taylor's left was met by cannonade, but the Mexican column was overthrown and the entire force fell back to Resaca de la Palma.

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Resaca de la Palma A regiment charged in column, and, joined by the skirmishers, seized the enemy's artillery.

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Formerly the river ran by Resaca de la Palma, some four or five miles east of the present channel.

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On the next day was the battle of Resaca de la Palma, in which he was acting adjutant in place of the officer killed.

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