Translation for "conducta heroica" to english
Conducta heroica
Translation examples
Y fue entonces cuando Jean Erlane encontró la muerte, haciendo frente al enemigo, dejando atrás su comportamiento pasado con una conducta heróica.
"And thus, Jean Erlane met his death, facing the enemy, "redeeming his past behavior with heroic conduct.
También supo Suter maniobrar en este asunto y no comprometerse; pues si los americanos eran, en secreto, beneficiarios de su apoyo (enviaba semestralmente un correo con informes a San Luis, al otro lado de las montañas, e incluso uno de sus mensajeros se presentó en Washington para someter a las autoridades un plan de conquista: Suter pedía ponerse al frente del mando de las tropas y exigía la mitad de los territorios conquistados), a los ojos de los mexicanos, su conducta heroica en la frontera, en la que se oponía con energía a las continuas incursiones de las tribus salvajes, le hacía pasar por un aliado tan fiel que el Gobierno lo nombró guarda de la frontera norte con el grado de capitán y, para recompensarle por los servicios prestados, Alvarado le donó once horas cuadradas de tierra[81], una extensión tan grande como su patria chica de Basilea.
Here again, Sutter was able to manoeuvre without compromising himself, for, while the Americans benefited from his secret support (every six months he sent a courier over the mountains to carry his reports to St Louis; one of his messengers even presented himself in Washington, to submit a plan of conquest: Sutter demanded personal command of the troops and exacted one-half of the territories conquered as his reward), in the eyes of the Mexicans, his heroic conduct on the frontier, where he energetically repelled the constant incursions of savage tribes, made him appear as such a faithful ally of the government that they gave him the title Guardian of the Northern Frontier, with the rank of captain. And, to recompense him for his services, Alvarado made him a grant of eleven square leagues of land, an area as vast as the little canton of Basle, his homeland.
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