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Painted Rock Battle Ends In Rangers Victory
The night battle at Painted Rock tested Rangers endurance as Major Hays and his men repelled massive Comanche charges for two days. A northern assault was broken when a war chief fell to a sharpshooter, allowing the Rangers to recover the body and drive off the attackers. Afterward, Hays led a retreat to camp with captured horses and wounded few, later earning a commission to raise a regiment for General Taylor in the Mexican War.
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