Word: forte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Black Fleet proceeded to fire on the forts and locks, outranging the land guns. Black destroyers attempting to lay a smoke screen were driven off by the guns of Fort Randolph. The losses of the Black Fleet were three submarines and one destroyer...
...first surprise. Some 1,000 or 1,500 marines in 50-foot motor boats carried by the Black Fleet traveled 17 miles from Porto Bello under cover of a smoke screen. Despite a very rough sea they effected a landing between 4 and 5am. A detachment of 400 attacked Fort Randolph and captured it from its defenders, who numbered 1 than half as many. Another detachment took the Coco Solo aviation field (defended by 70 mechanics) and submarine base, "destroying" submarine supplies and capturing all aeroplanes on the ground...
...daybreak the Black Fleet came into the attack. They were able to approach some 4,000 yards closer because the Fort Randolph batteries were silenced. It was decided that the damage done by the bombardment was not serious and could be repaired during the night. During the afternoon the first Blue battleship, the California, reached the Atlantic. Meanwhile the Black Fleet retired to Porto Bello replenish its ammunition...
...Texas Christian University, Mrs. Mary Couts Burnett, of Fort Worth, has donated $1,000,000 of Government and other gilt-edge securities and an interest in oil wells which should amount to at least...
Meanwhile it was announced that the rifles and ammunition, which were at San Antonio and at Fort Bliss, and the aeroplanes, which were at Dayton, would immediately be turned over to the Mexican Government- to be transported at the buyer's risk...