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ciiemy in the broken ground, and forming the cavalry into fmall divi- 

 fions of three in front, dired:ed them to charge as foon as the firing had 

 made any impreflion; thofe who were armed with fword and buckler 

 he formed in a compad: body as a referve. Advancing in this order, he 

 (hortly perceived the Mexicans in three large battalians or columns, and 

 founding their warlike mufic. As foon as Sandoval perceived their dif- 

 pofition he thought proper to give up his original plan, and to break 

 the enemy by a charge of cavalry. Putting himfelf therefore at the head 

 of this body of troops, he attacked them, crying out "St. Jago for us! 

 comrades fall on ! " The main body of the Mexicans was partly broken 

 by the charge, but they immediately clofed and fronted again. The 

 ground was much in their favor, fo that Sandoval faw it was abfolutcly 

 neceffary to drive them from this poft, into the open ground in their 

 rear. For this purpofe he ordered the mufqueteers and crofsbow-men 

 to engage them in the front, and the troops armed with fword and tar- 

 get to turn their flanks, and he gave diredtions, that at the proper time, 

 the cavalry fhould fall on the enemy by a fignal. He alfo now ordered 

 our allies to come forward to the attack. Our troops at lafl forced them 

 to retreat ; they fell back however no farther than to a fecond ftrohg po- 

 fition, nor could Sandoval with his cavalry do any conliderable execution 

 among them. Here we loft Gonzalo Dominguez, whofe horfe fell 

 with him, whereby he died in a few days. He was much regretted, 

 for we efteemed him to be as brave a foldier as De Oli or Sandoval. 

 Our army having broken the enemy again, purfued them to the town, 

 where they were fuddenly attacked by at leaft fifteen thoufand frefh war- 

 riors, who attempted to furround themj but our troops falling on both 

 their flanks, the whole faced about and fled, endeavoring to rally behind 

 fome works which they had conftrudled. They were however fo clofe- 

 ly followed that they had not time to do fo, and were driven compleatly 

 withinfide the town. Sandoval then thought it neceflary to give his 

 foldiers fome repofe, and as a confiderable fpoil of provifions had fallen 

 in the wa) of the troops, they began to prepare their dinners, during 

 which time the patroles came galloping in, crying "To arms! the ene- 

 my are coming ! " There was hardly a moments interval until they 



were 



