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

While he and his men do act with courage and dispatch, he concludes that the Americans would have won the Battle of Resaca de la Palma even if his company hadn’t been there.

From Washington Post

A reconnoissance found General Arista’s army on the south bank of a stream, Resaca de la Palma, which at this season had dried into lagoons with intervening passes.

From Project Gutenberg

Mexican war, beginning of, 18; precipitated by movement to the Rio Grande, 21, 22; first hostilities, 23; Palo Alto, 25; Resaca de la Palma, 26.

From Project Gutenberg

May, Charles, heroism of, at Resaca de la Palma, 28.

From Project Gutenberg

Taylor, General Zachary, in command of “army of observation” in Louisiana, 18; moves to the Rio Grande, 21; calls for volunteers, 23; at Resaca de la Palma, 27.

From Project Gutenberg