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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
assault
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From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
audacious
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
called
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
career
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
chief
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
circumstances
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
columns
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
command
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
communications
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
company
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
confidentialadjectiveUS /ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl/
spoken privately and not for general knowledge
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
continuing
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
Convent
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From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
cool
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
country
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
cross
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
DE
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
decision
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
demanded
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
deserves
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
detailed
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
devastated
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
execute
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
exercised
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
expedition
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
fertile
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
following
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
gave
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
GENERAL
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
Guadalupita
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From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
guerrillas
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
head
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
Honor
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
initiative
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
kept
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
Legion
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
lieutenant
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From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
maintain
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
Marquis
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
master-strokes
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
mention
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
Michoacan
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
mission
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
most
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
mount
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From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
mounted
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
much
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
Oajaca
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
operations
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
opportunity
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
power
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
PREROLLES
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
progress
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
Puebla
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From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
rapiditynounUS /rəˈpɪdəti/
great speed
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
Regulas
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From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
requiring
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
several
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
siege
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
sub-lieutenant
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
taking
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From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
ThirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
various
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He was a lieutenant at the taking of Puebla, where he was first to mount in the assault of the Convent of Guadalupita.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The most audacious of the guerrillas who had devastated this fertile country was a chief called Regulas.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
won
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From this reading This confidential mission, requiring as much power to take the initiative as it demanded a cool head, gave the Marquis opportunity to execute, with rapidity and decision, several master-strokes, which, in the following circumstances, won for him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
word
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From this reading GENERAL DE PREROLLES The sub-lieutenant had kept his word, and the progress of his career deserves detailed mention.
Zouaves
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From this reading Captain of the Third Zouaves after the siege of Oajaca, he had exercised, during the rest of the expedition, command over a mounted company, whose duty was to maintain communications between the various columns, continuing, at the same time, their operations in the Michoacan.
