Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 372
e which was fought between theEast-siders and the West-siders, October 21,1884, the renown of which will last as long asthere are boys in Norway. At about two oclock in the afternoon the i8q5.] THE BOYS WAR. 359 East-siders strucktheir flag of truce,and beat the tinbucket as a signalfor battle.… … THEY STORMED THE WALLSOF FOKT DEFIANCE. foe; and Halvor Reitan, standing on the para-pet of Fort Defiance, yelled back until his face was asred as a boiledlobster.Then the bom-bardment began. A wholearsenal of ammunition had been stored be-hind the walls of each fortress, and the ballsflew thick…
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