The Boy Travellers in Mexico / Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, With a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal

by Thomas Wallace Knox

THE VALLEY OF MEXICO, FROM THE AMERICAN OFFICIAL MAP.

"'Well,' said he, 'that is Molino del Rey, the King's Mill, and there's where some of the hard fighting took place. Just beyond it is the Casa Mata, and over there, and there, are the fields of Contreras and Churubusco. From this point you can take in the whole range of General Scott's battles in the valley that resulted in the fall of the city of Mexico.'

"We studied the situations, and since then we've read up the history of the battles, and will try to tell you something of them."

Frank and Fred kept their promise, and wrote an account which we are permitted to give in their words:

VIEW OF THE FORT OF SAN JUAN DE ULLOA FROM VERA CRUZ.