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We're not to cross the border

A Distant Trumpet

And so, he crossed the Little River into Mexico, and escaped me. "Abiit, excessit,...

A Distant Trumpet • 1964

Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint: [At West Point, recounting his pursuit of War Eagle, who crossed the river into Mexico to avoid apprehension from U.S. forces who were forbidden to cross into Mexico] And so, he crossed the Little River into Mexico, and escaped me. "Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit," which I'm sure you all remember from your Cicero. I translate it to mean, "He is gone, departed, slunk off, and gotten clean away."

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We're not to cross the border

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And so he crossed the little river into Mexico

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and escaped me

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Abiit excessit evasit erupit

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which I'm sure you all remember from your Cicero

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I translate it to mean

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he has gone departed slunk off

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and gotten clean away

Duration

38 seconds

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57

Timestamp in Movie

00:02:14

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Jan 26, 2025

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Warner Bros. Pictures

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Movie Summary

West Point graduate Lt. Hazard is posted to Fort Delivery, Arizona, where he has to deal with lax discipline, romantic complications, Apaches and his conflicting feelings toward the Indians.