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Gnairena arrived with the first and second 

 captains vsrounded, and the greater part of 

 the men killed or wounded; and that the 

 rest of the squadron had returned to port in 

 like state. 



" The day after the combat, I retired with 

 all my prizes, and the squadron under my 

 orders, to this port, in order to repair as 

 quickly as possible the damages sustained, 

 which are considerable. On the 26th ul- 

 timo, I intimated to Senor Laborde that he 

 should surrender the insignificant remnant 

 of vessels that he had left, of which No. 8. 

 is a list, and I received from General Mo- 

 rales the answer No. 9, for which reason I 

 wrote to this chief the official letter No 10 ; 

 and as it happened, General Morales, far 

 from answering my letter, made his second 

 in command. Colonel Don Narciso Lopes, 

 write me, stating as in No. 1 1 ; and lastly, 

 I directed to this chief No. 12. 



