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Winning the Wilderness
Winning the Wilderness

Chapter XX

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THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.
--Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Little.
Night had fallen on the city of Manila.
Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.
Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.
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Winning the Wilderness

Chapter XX

Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.
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--Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Little.
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Night had fallen on the city of Manila.
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Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.
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Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.”

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “--Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Little.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.”

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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 Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

all

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

American

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

arc

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

army

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

Bagbag

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

battle

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

bay

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From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

Bocaue's

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

C

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From this reading --Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Little.

Caloocan

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

circle

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

city

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From this reading Night had fallen on the city of Manila.

E

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From this reading --Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Little.

fallen

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From this reading Night had fallen on the city of Manila.

Fernando

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

fiercest

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

FIGHTING

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

flag

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

flew

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

fore

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

God

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

guarded

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

Guiguinto's

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Night had fallen on the city of Manila.

heroes

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

high

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

honor

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

Kansas

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

kept

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

knew

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

lapped

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From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

lay

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From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

Lieutenant-Colonel

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From this reading --Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Little.

line

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

LittlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading --Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Little.

Luna's

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

Malolos

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

Manila

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From this reading Night had fallen on the city of Manila.

Marilao

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

military

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

Night

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From this reading Night had fallen on the city of Manila.

now

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

o'er

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Night had fallen on the city of Manila.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Night had fallen on the city of Manila.

outposts

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

pier

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From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

Pops

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

raggedy

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

rifles

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

roaring

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

San

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

sentinels

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

shipping

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From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

softly

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From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

story

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

stretched

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From this reading Behind it in the great arc of a circle stretched the American line of military outposts, guarded by sentinels.

swell

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

swung

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

they're

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

Tomas

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

trenches

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

TWENTIETH

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

waters

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From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Before it lay the bay whose waters lapped softly against pier and shipping.

yell

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.

yon

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From this reading THE "FIGHTING TWENTIETH" Malolos and Bocaue's trenches know the Kansas yell; San Fernando and San Tomas the Kansas story swell; At Guiguinto's fiercest battle yon flag in honor flew; What roaring rifles kept it, all Luna's army knew; And high it swung o'er Caloocan, Bagbag and Marilao-- "Those raggedy Pops from Kansas" 'fore God they're heroes now.