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3 a The Polk administration endeavored for months to irritate the Mexicans to the point of beginning hostilities , but without success until ... .On the Rio Grande , opposite the Mexican town of Matamoras , the Americans built a fort .
3 a The Polk administration endeavored for months to irritate the Mexicans to the point of beginning hostilities , but without success until ... .On the Rio Grande , opposite the Mexican town of Matamoras , the Americans built a fort .
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The campaign was like a series of hand - tohand fights on a staircase , the Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking ...
The campaign was like a series of hand - tohand fights on a staircase , the Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking ...
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It was a difficult job , for it was found necessary to unbolt the gun from its carriage and take it up the narrow staircase in pieces . When it was once there he set it up again and opened fire on the Mexican troops inside the city ...
It was a difficult job , for it was found necessary to unbolt the gun from its carriage and take it up the narrow staircase in pieces . When it was once there he set it up again and opened fire on the Mexican troops inside the city ...
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Contents
CEAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Meet General Grant |
| Author | W. E. Woodward |
| Published | 1939 |
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