158 NAVAL VICTORY. 



" The enemy's vessels are blockaded in a 

 small spot of the bay or port of Maracaybo, 

 without being able to transport themselves 

 to any other place, because in front of them 

 I have placed a strong division, composed 

 of the brigantine Martes, schooners Inde- 

 pendencia, Espadana, Leona, Peacot, and 

 Enprendedora, under the command of the 

 captain of line-of-battle ship, Nicholas Joly; 

 and the first division of the two into which 

 I have distinguished the small vessels, is 

 under the command of. Captain Guattino 

 D'Chyti ; as for the second, under the com- 

 mand of Lieutenant Francisco Padilla, I have 

 stationed it, as was carried by resolution on 

 the 30th ult., to occupy the river Garabulla. 



" We being masters of the Lake, and the 

 communication with the castle cut off by 

 the force which I have stationed in the said 

 Garabulla, the enemy is placed in the great- 

 est state of consternation and wavering. 



