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quietly disappeared without my knowledge. We were at least a mile from the place where we had crossed the river...With bandits continually shooting at him, he swam the river until he found the machine gun on a dead horse near the bank. He coolly and deliberately strapped the gun on his back, picked
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This action resulted in the capture and destruction of Fort Dipitié, with the
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