Everything about Battle Of Resaca De La Palma totally explained
At the
Battle of Resaca de la Palma, one of the early engagements of the
Mexican-American War,
United States General
Zachary Taylor engaged the retreating forces of the
Mexican Ejército del Norte ("Army of the North") under General
Mariano Arista on
May 9,
1846.
Background
During the night of
May 8, following disappointments at the
Battle of Palo Alto, Arista chose to withdraw to the more defensible position of Resaca de la Palma, a
dry riverbed (
resaca is the Spanish term for a
dry riverbed), and establish himself while waiting for Taylor's next move.
On the morning of
May 9, Taylor's 1,700 troops engaged a Mexican force which had increased to 4,000 with Arista's reinforcements. Arista's carefully laid plans for engaging the Americans at Resaca were, however, somewhat diluted because of political infighting in the Mexican officer corps and the difficulty in communicating in the rough terrain of the battlefield.
Battle
Resistance on the part of the Mexicans was stiff, and the U.S. forces nearly suffered a reverse before a force of
Dragoons managed to surprise the
flank of the Mexican lines and force a retreat. Two counter-attacks on the American position were defeated, and the Mexican Army fled the field, leaving behind a number of artillery pieces, Arista's writing desk and silver service, the colors of Mexico's lauded Tampico Battalion, and other baggage.
Aftermath
The resulting embarrassment as a near victory turned into a defeat caused the removal of Arista as commander of the Army of the North and a serious reassessment of Mexican strategy. Corruption and infighting in the Mexican government failed to produce a cohesive strategy for much of the fighting, despite increased skill and success on the part of the Mexican Army.
The battle site is in the city limits of present day
Brownsville, Texas.
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