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Principe," opened a tremendous fire, so that being threaten- 

 ed in three directions, the enemy in general found it impossi- 

 ble to oppose longer resistance ; with the exception, however, 

 of some chiefs and officers and brave soldiers, who preferred 

 death to the infamy of abandoning their posts. 



The fruits of this brilliant day's achievement are, the pos- 

 session of the city, with sixty pieces of artillery of various 

 sizes, six hundred and twenty musquets, and whatever re- 

 mained of private property. The loss of the enemy consists 

 of one hundred and fifty-six killed, among these Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Don Jose Manuel Sarsamendi and Don Fausto 

 Garces, commandant of artillery, Don Faustino Navarro and 

 five officers. Prisoners, Lieutenant-Colonel Don Angel 

 Leno, seven captains, seven lieutenants, twelve sub-lieute- 

 nants, two surgeons, five assistant surgeons, two hundred and 

 thirteen soldiers, together with all the individuals of the mu- 

 nicipality, the public officers, the auditor of war, Don Jose 

 Manuel Oropeza, and the political chief and intendant, Don 

 Diego de Alegria. 



Brigadier-General Don Sebastian Calzada, commander in 

 chief of the troops and city, who bravely defended himself 

 in the battery of "El Principe" with all his staff, was made 

 prisoner, having resisted until, almost all who manned the 

 battery being killed or wounded, he was compelled to yield to 

 the valour of our troops ; whilst Colonel Don Manuel Carrera, 

 who was with him, cowardly fled at the first shot, in spite of 

 the example of his general, abandoning his comrades and 

 friends, and saving himself in the citadel after being slightly 

 wounded. 



Our loss consists of Captain Laureano Lopez, of the batta- 

 lion of Auzoategui, slightly wounded ; Lieutenant Jos6 Her- 

 nandez, of the same battalion, bruised by a grape-shot from 

 one of our flecheras ; and three soldiers wounded : and in the 



