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Teddy Roosevelt: “In the other a still more remarkable defence was made by thirty-one men under Major James Powell against an even larger…”

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In the other a still more remarkable defence was made by thirty-one men under Major James Powell against an even larger force, which charged again and again, and did not accept their repulse as final until they had lost three hundred of their foremost braves.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This passage illustrates the remarkable defense made by Major James Powell and his men against a larger force.

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