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A young man joins the citizens of the Spanish city of Zaragoza in defending against an attack by the French.

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“To the lines, cowards!” said his father, holding him with an iron hand. “That is the work of women; men must die in the breach.”

It was necessary to make haste to our places, and we went, or rather we were carried by the impetuous surge of the people running to defend the suburb of Las Tenerías.

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