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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “Then the fields of San Antonio would have been, to this day, whitened with Italian bones!”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
Then the fields of San Antonio would have been, to this day, whitened with Italian bones!
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Editor's note · Context

Garibaldi dramatically describes the potential catastrophic outcome for his Italian Legion if the enemy had employed a different, more effective battle tactic.

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