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Public facilities Climate, Over the next several hours two brief skirmishes occurred Texians won the first forcing a small group of dragoons and the Mexican artillery to withdraw. Mexican dragoons then forced the Texian cavalry to withdraw in the melee Rusk on foot to reload his rifle was almost captured by Mexican soldiers but was rescued by newly arrived Texian volunteer Mirabeau B Lamar. Over Houston's objections many infantrymen rushed onto the field As the Texian cavalry fell back Lamar remained behind to rescue another Texian who had been thrown from his horse; Mexican officers "reportedly applauded" his bravery. Houston was irate that the infantry had disobeyed his orders and given Santa Anna a better estimate of their strength; the men were equally upset that Houston hadn't allowed a full battle, 4.4.1 Harris County elected officials. . 10.5.1.2 Low birth weight, The USS Arizona was a total loss in the Japanese surprise air attack on the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor Sunday 7 December 1941, 146 Shawn Thierry Democratic 2016 Inner portions of Houston's South Side. 11.1 Roadways Main articles: Military production during World War II and Home front during World War II, Media Texas 146.svg State Highway 146.

. Cities (multiple counties), By October Axis operational objectives in Ukraine and the Baltic region were achieved with only the sieges of Leningrad and Sevastopol continuing a major offensive against Moscow was renewed; after two months of fierce battles in increasingly harsh weather the German army almost reached the outer suburbs of Moscow where the exhausted troops were forced to suspend their offensive. Large territorial gains were made by Axis forces but their campaign had failed to achieve its main objectives: two key cities remained in Soviet hands the Soviet capability to resist was not broken and the Soviet Union retained a considerable part of its military potential the blitzkrieg phase of the war in Europe had ended, Afonso de Albuquerque set sail in April 1511 from Goa to Malacca with a force of 1,200 men and seventeen or eighteen ships. Following his capture of the city on 24 August 1511 it became a strategic base for Portuguese expansion in the East Indies; consequently the Portuguese were obliged to build a fort they named a Famosa to defend it That same year the Portuguese desiring a commercial alliance sent an ambassador Duarte Fernandes to the kingdom of Ayudhya where he was well received by king Ramathibodi II in 1526 a large force of Portuguese ships under the command of Pedro Mascarenhas was sent to conquer Bintan where Sultan Mahmud was based Earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Afonso de Albuquerque had explored that part of the Indian Ocean and discovered several islands new to Europeans Mascarenhas served as Captain-Major of the Portuguese colony of Malacca from 1525 to 1526 and as viceroy of Goa capital of the Portuguese possessions in Asia from 1554 until his death in 1555 He was succeeded by Francisco Barreto who served with the title of "governor-general". . Information technology 4 Economy In 2001 U2 filmed the music video for "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" inside the Astrodome.