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![[Practice charge of the 8th Gun Cavalry during the punitive expedition in Mexico]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvcHJhY3RpY2UtY2hhcmdlLW9mLXRoZS04dGgtZ3VuLWNhdmFscnktZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1wdW5pdGl2ZS1leHBlZGl0aW9uLWluLW1leGljby02NDAuanBn/320/219/jpg "[Practice charge of the 8th Gun Cavalry during the punitive expedition in Mexico]")
![U.S. Army 1911 maneuvers in Texas: troops arriving [on horseback] in San Antonio, March 14th](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvdXMtYXJteS0xOTExLW1hbmV1dmVycy1pbi10ZXhhcy10cm9vcHMtYXJyaXZpbmctb24taG9yc2ViYWNrLWluLXNhbi1hbnRvbmlvLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "U.S. Army 1911 maneuvers in Texas: troops arriving [on horseback] in San Antonio, March 14th")
![[Mexican War, 1914: Rebel leader on horseback]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvbWV4aWNhbi13YXItMTkxNC1yZWJlbC1sZWFkZXItb24taG9yc2ViYWNrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Mexican War, 1914: Rebel leader on horseback]")
![[Four illustrations concerning the conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortez]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTAvZm91ci1pbGx1c3RyYXRpb25zLWNvbmNlcm5pbmctdGhlLWNvbnF1ZXN0LW9mLW1leGljby1ieS1oZXJuYW5kby1jb3J0ZXotNTZkZjgzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Four illustrations concerning the conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortez]")
![[U.S. Army Punitive Expedition after Villa, Mexico]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvdXMtYXJteS1wdW5pdGl2ZS1leHBlZGl0aW9uLWFmdGVyLXZpbGxhLW1leGljby02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[U.S. Army Punitive Expedition after Villa, Mexico]")
![[U.S. Army tent camp in Mexico, 1914: 7 soldiers with gear spread before tents]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvdXMtYXJteS10ZW50LWNhbXAtaW4tbWV4aWNvLTE5MTQtNy1zb2xkaWVycy13aXRoLWdlYXItc3ByZWFkLWJlZm9yZS10ZW50cy02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[U.S. Army tent camp in Mexico, 1914: 7 soldiers with gear spread before tents]")
