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... whole world - that the United States really had been behind those bands of armed men who infiltrated the frontier , and that the whole thing was , as Mexico had always claimed , a gigantic swindle . So Jackson held his hand . Van Buren ...
... whole world - that the United States really had been behind those bands of armed men who infiltrated the frontier , and that the whole thing was , as Mexico had always claimed , a gigantic swindle . So Jackson held his hand . Van Buren ...
Page 105
... whole city . General Ampudia sent out a flag . Taylor at first refused to treat on any other terms than unconditional surrender , but a look around caused him to change his mind . His men , drenched with rain , were scarcely able to ...
... whole city . General Ampudia sent out a flag . Taylor at first refused to treat on any other terms than unconditional surrender , but a look around caused him to change his mind . His men , drenched with rain , were scarcely able to ...
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... whole attack force , had previously asked permission to push on and storm Chapultepec itself from the west - if , that is , the Molino complex proved easy to take . This Gen- eral Scott denied . In the middle of the struggle , Worth , a ...
... whole attack force , had previously asked permission to push on and storm Chapultepec itself from the west - if , that is , the Molino complex proved easy to take . This Gen- eral Scott denied . In the middle of the struggle , Worth , a ...
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PALM SUNDAY IN THE MORNING | 9 |
FULMINATIONS OF A DICTATOR | 15 |
THERMOPYLAE HAD ITS MESSENGER | 22 |
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