colspan="2">11.

Mexican law regarding Church property. 28. Santa Anna’s march against Taylor begins. Feb. 5. Taylor places himself at Agua Nueva. 19. Scott reaches Tampico. 22–23. Battle of Buena Vista. 27. Insurrection at Mexico begins. 28. Battle of Sacramento. Mar. 9. Scott lands near Vera Cruz. 29. Vera Cruz occupied. 30. Operations in Lower California opened. Apr. 8. Scott’s advance from Vera Cruz begins. 18. Battle of Cerro Gordo; Tuxpán captured by Perry. 19. Jalapa occupied. May 15. Worth enters Puebla. June 6. Trist opens negotiations through the British legation. 16. San Juan Bautista again taken. Aug. 7. The advance from Puebla begins. 20. Battles of Contreras and Churubusco. Aug. 24–Sept. 7.         Armistice. Sept. 8. Battle of Molino del Rey. 13. Battle of Chapultepec; the “siege” of Puebla begins. 14. Mexico City occupied. 22. Peña y Peña assumes the Presidency. Oct. 9. Fight at Huamantla. 20. Trist reopens negotiations. Nov. 11. Mazatlán occupied by Shubrick. 1848 Feb. 2. Treaty of peace signed. Mar. 4–5. Armistice ratified. 10. Treaty accepted by U. S. Senate. May 19, 24. Treaty accepted by Mexican Congress. 30. Ratifications of the treaty exchanged. June 12. Mexico City evacuated. July 4. Treaty proclaimed by President Polk.

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THE PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH

The niceties of the matter would be out of place here, but a few general rules may prove helpful.

A as in English “ah”; e, at the end of a syllable, like a in “fame,” otherwise like e in “let”; i like i in “machine”; o, at the end of a syllable, like o in “go,” otherwise somewhat like o in “lot”; u like u in “rude” (but, unless marked with two dots, silent between g or q and e or i); y like ee in “feet.”

C like k (but, before e and i, like [C]th in “thin”); ch as in “child”; g as in “go” (but, before e and i, like a harsh h); h silent; j like a harsh h; ll like [D]lli in “million”; ñ like ni in “onion”; qu like k; r is sounded with a vibration (trill) of the tip of the tongue (rr a longer and more forcible sound of the same kind); s as in “sun”; x like x in “box” (but, in “México” and a few other names, like Spanish j); z like [C]th in “thin.”

Words bearing no mark of accentuation are stressed on the last syllable if they end in any consonant except n or s, but on the syllable next to the last if they end in n, s or a vowel.

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