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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 805

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As the sunarose, a bugle blast, the signal for battle, rang out.Then the Mexicans, some five thousand in number, ad-vanced upon the fort. The little band of one hundred and eighty-two heroeswithin was well supplied with weapons, but their am-munition was scarce. Their courage, however, wasgreat.… … •IN THE SUNSHINE. BY FLORA M. ROS, AGE 14. ing a third time, but Santa Anna, their leader, and thecavalry drove them forward. This time they swarmedup the ladders by hundreds. But the Texans slew thosewho came first, and they fell backward, crushing allbeneath them. So far, not a Texan had been…

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