Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Matamoras” in article pos=10 of The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1863., [Electronic resource]:
...correspondence of the London Times, of August 20th.
"According to private letters received by the last mail, Tampico and Tuxpan were about to be occupied by the French, and it was expected that Matamoras would also have to be held on account of the important cotton trade which might there be carried on. "
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