Mayne Reid
"The Guerilla Chief"
"And other Tales"
Story 1, Chapter I.
Cerro Gordo.
“Agua! por amor Dios, agua—aguita!” (Water! for the love of God, a little water!)
I heard these words, as I lay in my tent, on the field of Cerro Gordo.
It was the night after the battle bearing this name—fought between the American and Mexican armies in the month of April, 1847.