[Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr]@TWC D-Link book
Remember the Alamo

CHAPTER XIV
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They reached the foot of the wall, and the ladders were placed in position.

The officers fell to the rear and forced the men to ascend them.

As they reached the top they were stabbed, and the ladders overturned.

Over and over, and over again these attempts were made, until the garrison in the Alamo were exhausted with the struggle." Navarro paused a few minutes, overpowered by his emotions.

No one spoke.
He could see Antonia's face, white as a spirit's, in the dim light, and he knew that Isabel was weeping and that the Senora had taken his hand.
"At last, at the hour of ten, the outer wall was gained.


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