XXXIII.
Puebla Lost [323]-332
Scott before Vera Cruz, [323]—Buena Vista, [323]—Raising money, [323]—The religious orders and their influence, [324]—Wealth of the Church, [326]—Ecclesiastical property seized, [327]—Bombardment of Vera Cruz, [328]—The city surrenders, [328]—Cerro Gordo, [330]—Santa Anna at Puebla, [330]—Puebla occupied by the Americans, [331]—Guadalupe and its surroundings, [331]—Santa Anna as Dictator, [332]—Patriotism aroused, [332].