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Description Second Battle of Tabasco: On 14-16 June 1847, a landing force of 1,100 sailors and Marines under Commodore M.C. Perry conducted the second expedition against Tobasco, Mexico. The party was towed up Tobasco River by steam vessels past defensive batteries. They captured and destroyed the earthworks. A garrison force left in Tobasco defended the city against counterattack on 24 June. The capture of the city of Tabasco, by the U.S. naval expedition, afloat and on shore, under Comdre. Perry. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-pga-04098.
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/16988506698 (archive). It was reviewed on 11 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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