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March 16th, 2010And so the invading armies confronted the same sorts of mishaps that others had experienced over the years on the approach to Los Angeles — most related to their own hubris, but ultimately to the impenatrabilty of the great city itself. Waldeman’s forces from the north stopped to take the waters of Malibu only to find themselves inhaling unbreathable air, and then surrounded by fire on all sides. Ramirez, coming from the east, stopped to camp beneath the San Gabriel mountains, when a sudden rain sent a wall of mud and rock down the from the hills into the heart of his artillery. Anselmo’s cavalry made it all the way to Stadium Way before a light earthquake struck fear into the horse, sending them scattering into Highland Park and Silver Lake, their riders unable to control them. As it was, Cabrillo’s small defensive unit never had to fire a shot to repel the invaders and, in fact, never had to deploy away from the Fairfax district, where it had been so welcomed by the citizenry and fed quite well.
