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bid been concerted^ had now declared in favour 

 of the otherSj and the war was prosecuted with 

 vigour. Curignancu on the one side, and his 

 brave Vice Toqui Leviantu on the other, kept 

 the Spanish troops, which had been reinforced 

 by several divisions from Spain, constantly in mo- 

 tion. It is not in our power to notice particu- 

 larly the different actions ; among others a bloody 

 battle was fought in the beginning of the year 

 1773, mention of which was made in the Euro- 

 pean, gazettes of that period, at which time the 

 war had cost the royal treasury and individuals 

 one million seven hundred thousand dollars. 



The same year an accommodation was agreed 

 on. Curignancu, who was invested by his nation 

 with full powers 1;o settle the articles, required 

 as a preliminary, that the conferences should be 

 held in the city o St. Jago. Although this re- 

 quisition was contrary to the established custom, 

 it was nev-ertheless granted by the Spaniards 

 without much difficulty. When they afterwards 

 came to treat of the terms of peace, the xVrauca- 

 nian plenipotentiary made another proposition, 

 :svhili appeared more extraordinary than the 

 first. He required that his nation should be 

 allowed to keep a minister resident in the city of 

 St. Jago. The Spanish oiTicers who were pre- 

 sent strongly opposed this demand, but the go- 

 vernor thought it advisable to grant it, as by 

 tliis means he would have it in his power more 



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