Proclamations

Title -   El Comandante General de Chiapas a la Guarnicion. Militares. Tengo que anunciaros el contrasto de dos sangrientos combates acaecidos mas alla, del rio Brabo, entre el valiente ejercito del Norte, y el invasor de los Estados Unidos.

Translated Title(s) -   Commander General of Chiapas To the Garrison. Soldiers. I must inform you of two bloody engagements that took place on the other side of the Rio Grande between the brave Army of the North and the invader from the United States.

Date -   June 5, 1846

Publication Information -   San Cristobal, June 5, 1846

Format -   Broadsides (notices); Proclamations

Collection -   Mexican War broadsides collection, 1844-1859. The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Special Collections.

Call Number -   GA57 Jun 05, 1846

Description -   In Chiapas, far from the northern frontier, garrison commander Gerónimo Cardenas informed his troops of the first battles of the war, Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.