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Harrowing Naval Bombardment Scene Reveals Love and Loss
A naval officer recalls a young midshipman who intervened to spare a Mexican palace during a bombardment. The lover pleads to protect Anita de Corrulla, but a bomb destroys the palace. The narrator later finds Anita dead with her lover at her side, and the midshipman succumbs to fever, revealing war’s human cost.
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Mexico
Don Ignatio de Corrulla
Anita de Corrulla
Ramrod
Scon
Flo
Donna Antta