The winning battle plan involved a feigned attack on the right at Telegraph Hill using troops under Gideon Pillow, while the real attacking force under David Twiggs and Robert Patterson charged the left at La Atalaya.
While attempting to escape from this battle, the losing commander abandoned his tipped-over carriage, which contained sixteen thousand dollars and a pair of women's satin slippers. The winning battle plan involved a feigned attack on the right at Telegraph Hill using troops under Gideon Pillow, while the real attacking force under David Twiggs and Robert Patterson charged the left at La Atalaya. The retreating army was pursued to Perote by General William Worth and the victorious army continued its march to Jalapa, having taken control of a crucial mountain pass thanks to the reconnaissance of Robert E. Lee. Taking place less than a month after the capture of Veracruz, and two months after Buena Vista, it saw Winfield Scott quickly rout Santa Anna. FTP, name this 1847 battle in Mexico, fought in the vicinity of a certain "fat hill."
While attempting to escape from this battle, the losing commander abandoned his tipped-over carriage, which contained sixteen thousand dollars and a pair of women's satin slippers.
Battle of {Cerro Gordo}