<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican–American_War" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>: The first large-scale <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Amphibious assault">amphibious assault</a> in U.S. history is launched in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Veracruz" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Veracruz">Siege of Veracruz</a>.<sup about="#mwt88" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_9#cite_note-16" id="mwjQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwjg">[16]</span></a></sup>
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