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Chapultepec

noun
1.
A pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847).





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"Chapultepec" Quotes from Famous Books



... later, in one of the marshal's own carriages, Berthe returned to the castle of Chapultepec. At once she hastened to her mistress's apartments, and confessed what she had done. Still in the blue flowered calico, with the dust of their frantic ride still on her, Jacqueline was seated before a little desk. Her head was buried in her arms, and her loosened hair fell ...
— The Missourian • Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle


Words linked to "Chapultepec" :   pitched battle, Mexico, United Mexican States, Mexican War


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