Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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... Pancho Villa with his forces appeared through the mountains from the south and drove the Federal army over the river into Presidio . The fugitives were interned afterward behind barbed wire at Fort Bliss . General Pancho Villa seized ...
... Pancho Villa with his forces appeared through the mountains from the south and drove the Federal army over the river into Presidio . The fugitives were interned afterward behind barbed wire at Fort Bliss . General Pancho Villa seized ...
Page 920
... Villa and his other enemies were thus repudiated . It was a hard blow to General Pancho Villa and to the American arms manufac- turers with whom he had been doing a great business . He was the lord of Chihuahua , now able to spend tens ...
... Villa and his other enemies were thus repudiated . It was a hard blow to General Pancho Villa and to the American arms manufac- turers with whom he had been doing a great business . He was the lord of Chihuahua , now able to spend tens ...
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... Pancho Villa's voice " everywhere . " The Officer of the Day , nearest the attacking fire , took charge of the awakened troops and directed their defense . The machine gun jammed after a few rounds and became useless . For a while the ...
... Pancho Villa's voice " everywhere . " The Officer of the Day , nearest the attacking fire , took charge of the awakened troops and directed their defense . The machine gun jammed after a few rounds and became useless . For a while the ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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