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  • Soldiers all; or at least in warlike guise; a few wearing regular though undress uniforms, but the majority habited as "guerilleros," in the picturesque costumes of their country.

    The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Mayne Reid 1850

  • There existed in the army of order, veritable guerilleros, some of the sword, like

    Les Miserables 2008

  • The tour is operated by former guerilla fighters from the civil war (guerilleros) and passes through an area where heavy fighting took place, displacing over 200 families and leaving behind craters, underground bunkers (whose Spanish name we cannot recall), and destruction.

    Suchitoto, El Salvador Belizean' A New Trail 2008

  • The tour is operated by former guerilla fighters from the civil war (guerilleros) and passes through an area where heavy fighting took place, displacing over 200 families and leaving behind craters, underground bunkers (whose Spanish name we cannot recall), and destruction.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Belizean' A New Trail 2008

  • Until then, he had hardly been worried by the fearsome Spanish guerilleros, but those savage men had few French enemies left in Spain and were closing on the remaining enemy fortresses like vultures scenting death.

    Sharpe's Christmas Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2003

  • It was not war as Gudin understood it, it was butchery, and what galled Gudin most was that the guerilleros were only doing to the French what the French had done to the Spaniards.

    Sharpe's Christmas Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2003

  • In the final analysis, which group threatened the most harm to Nicolás the guerilleros who commandeered his rancho in the mountains or the soldiers who offered him "a new life" at their garrison?

    The Weight of All Things by Sandra Benitez: Questions 2001

  • There was nothing to be done, except press on and be thankful that the guerilleros were all asleep in their beds.

    Sharpe's Christmas Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2003

  • It was not war as Gudin understood it, it was butchery, and what galled Gudin most was that the guerilleros were only doing to the French what the French had done to the Spaniards.

    Sharpe's Christmas Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2003

  • There was nothing to be done, except press on and be thankful that the guerilleros were all asleep in their beds.

    Sharpe's Christmas Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2003

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