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the northwest, he got together about 40,000 

 men. He then entered upon a decisive cam- 

 paign against Dorregaray. On June 19th 

 General Martinez Campos succeeded in cross- 

 ing the river Ebro, notwithstanding the fact 

 that a heavy fire was kept up upon his forces 

 by the Oarlists. By this movement he estab- 

 lished communication with General Jovellar. 

 Shortly after, the important Carlist fortress of 

 Miravet, on the river Ebro, after a siege of 

 several days, was surrendered unconditionally 

 to General Campos, with 39 officers and 550 

 men. Four cannon and a quantity of war- 

 material were also captured. In the latter 

 part of June the fleet on the northern coast 



bombarded with considerable effect the Carlist 

 ports of Berme, Madaca, Matrico, and Deva. 

 On June 29th General Jovellar gained a deci- 

 sive victory over the united forces of Dorre- 

 garay, Cucula, and Villalain, after which the 

 Carlists retreated in great disorder toward 

 Cantavieja. On July 2d General Martinez 

 Campos, with the Army of Catalonia, effected 

 a junction with Jovellar, and the combined 

 forces then proceeded to attack Cantavieja. 

 Three batteries were established 400 metres 

 from Cantavieja, with which Jovellar shelled 

 the town. Dorregaray 's army, feeling incapa- 

 ble of resisting an attack of the Alfonsist forces, 

 left Cantavieja, and, crossing the river Ebro, 



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inarched into Catalonia. Two thousand pris- 

 oners were taken at Cantavieja. By the re- 

 treat of Dorregaray, four provinces were 

 cleared of the Carlists. In the province of 

 Barcelona, the royalists suffered a defeat at 

 Molino del Rey on June 25th. In the begin- 

 ning of July Saballs, who had commanded the 

 Carlists at Molino del Rey, was defeated with 

 great loss at La Junquera, in Gerona. On 

 July 6th General Martinez Campos sailed with 

 his army for Catalonia, while General Jovellar, 

 with the main body of the Alfonsists, recrossed 

 the Ebro in pursuit of Dorregaray, who, with 

 7,000 men, had vainly attempted to cross the 

 river Cinca. In the mean while the Alfonsist 

 generals, Quesada and Loma, forced the Car- 

 list positions at Trevino, and sent Tello to re- 

 lieve Vittoria, in the province of Alava. Many 

 Carlists weue killed in these movements, and 

 40 were captured. On July 7th Vittoria was 

 released, and was entered by the Alfonsists. 

 On July 19th the Fort Collado del Alpuente, 

 the last Carlist stronghold on the Ebro, sur- 



rendered to General Salamanca. Toward the 

 end of July, General Martinez Campos took 

 the town of Seo d'TJrgel, in Lerida, by assault, 

 and then besieged the citadel to which Lizar- 

 raga had retired with 3,000 men. In August 

 a new levy of 100,000 men was made, and the 

 recruits ordered to join their regiments by the 

 end of October. During the month of August 

 the siege of Seo d'Urgel progressed steadily. 

 Reinforcements sent out by the Carlists to re- 

 lieve the town were repulsed. On the 21st 

 General Campos was joined by General Jove- 

 llar, who assumed direction of the siege. The 

 garrison hoisted a flag of truce on the 2,4th, 

 and surrendered on the 27th. The royalists 

 took 820 prisoners, of which about 100 were 

 officers, and captured 37 cannon. The Car- 

 lists' loss during the siege was 40 killed and 100 

 wounded, while the royalists lost about 300 

 killed and wounded. During September and 

 October several minor engagements took place, 

 which generally resulted in favor of the Gov- 

 ernment. In Catalonia General Delatre sue- 



