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Bombardment of Punta Sombrero, the Glossary

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The Bombardment of Punta Sombrero was an American naval bombardment in response to a Mexican attack on a United States Navy warship during the Mexican–American War, on October 31, 1847.[1]

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  1. 29 relations: Artillery battery, Baja California Sur, Battle of Mulegé, Bombardment of Guaymas, Cannon, Charter, Coastal artillery, Fortification, Garrison, Gulf of California, Infantry, Libertad (1847 schooner), Lieutenant, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexican–American War, Mexico, Moon, Mulegé, Naval gunfire support, Pacific Coast campaign (Mexican–American War), Pivot gun, Prize (law), Punta el Sombrerito, Schooner, Silhouette, Tunis Craven, United States, USS Dale (1839), Warship.

  2. Gulf of California
  3. Naval battles of the Mexican–American War
  4. October 1847 events
  5. Pacific Coast Campaign

Artillery battery

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.

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Baja California Sur

Baja California Sur ('South Lower California'), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur (Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal entities which comprise the 31 States of Mexico.

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Battle of Mulegé

The Battle of Mulegé was an American attack on Mulegé, Baja California Sur, during the Mexican–American War. Bombardment of Punta Sombrero and Battle of Mulegé are naval battles of the Mexican–American War, October 1847 events and Pacific Coast Campaign.

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Bombardment of Guaymas

On October 20, 1847 Captain Elie A. F. La Vallette of the first-class frigate USS ''Congress'' in company with the sloop USS ''Portsmouth'' forced the Mexican garrison of Guaymas to evacuate the city under the threat of bombardment, then dismantled the seaward defenses of the city and thereafter controlled the city by the threat of bombardment by a sloop of war kept on station at the mouth of the harbor. Bombardment of Punta Sombrero and bombardment of Guaymas are Gulf of California, naval battles of the Mexican–American War, October 1847 events and Pacific Coast Campaign.

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Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.

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Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

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Coastal artillery

Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Garrison

A garrison (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it.

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Gulf of California

The Gulf of California (Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (Mar Vermejo), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Libertad (1847 schooner)

Libertad, meaning 'liberty' in Spanish, was a merchant schooner built on the west coast of Mexico for service between Mexico and the Baja California peninsula and along the coast of Mexico.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.

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Loreto, Baja California Sur

Loreto is a city and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, on the West Coast of Mexico. Bombardment of Punta Sombrero and Loreto, Baja California Sur are Gulf of California.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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Mulegé

Mulegé is a city in Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, situated on the Gulf of California.

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Naval gunfire support (NGFS), also known as naval surface fire support (NSFS), or shore bombardment, is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range.

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Pacific Coast campaign (Mexican–American War)

The Pacific Coast Campaign refers to United States naval operations against targets along Mexico's Pacific Coast during the Mexican–American War. Bombardment of Punta Sombrero and Pacific Coast campaign (Mexican–American War) are Pacific Coast Campaign.

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Pivot gun

A pivot gun was a type of cannon mounted on a fixed central emplacement which permitted it to be moved through a wide horizontal arc.

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Prize (law)

In admiralty law prizes (from the Old French prise, "taken, seized") are equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict.

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Punta el Sombrerito

Punta el Sombrerito, also known as Punta Sombrero, is a small hill overlooks the entrance to the Estero de Mulege (Mulage estuary) and anchorage of the town of Mulege.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.

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Silhouette

A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject.

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Tunis Craven

Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (11 January 1813 – 5 August 1864) was an officer in the United States Navy.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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USS Dale (1839)

USS Dale (later Oriole) was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy commissioned on 11 December 1839.

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Warship

A warship or combatant ship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare.

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See also

Gulf of California

Naval battles of the Mexican–American War

October 1847 events

Pacific Coast Campaign

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Punta_Sombrero