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Word: boqueron (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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Usage:

When the President learned that-although war had not been declared-Bolivian soldiers had captured Paraguayan Fort Boqueron, he cried from a balcony of the presidential palace, "in taking the fort our soldiers gave a splendid example of Bolivian patriotism. Viva the army; viva the commander of our forces in the Chaco; viva Bolivia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Bolivia and Paraguay | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

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