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APPENDIX. 



attack on the " Casa fuerte," was wounded Lieutenant Gre- 

 gorio Schrieden, of the light company of the grenadiers, 

 with four soldiers killed, and seventeen wounded. 



After the immense sacrifices made by the besieging army ; 

 the privations it has sustained ; and the incessant labour 

 by which it has opposed the batteries of the enemy, in an 

 exposed country ; constructed, as the latter are, on all the 

 rules of art, the merit of the attacking column is inexpressi- 

 ble : not a soldier who has not achieved prodigies. Chiefs, 

 officers, and troops are worthy of the highest praise. His 

 Excellency, filled with enthusiasm at the conduct of these 

 brave men, pronounces them a model of valour and intrepi- 

 dity ; and particularly commends the conduct of Major Cala, 

 who fulfilled all the instructions given to him by his Excel- 

 lency with so much skill and prudence ; also of Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Francisco Farfan, and Lieutenant-Colonel Jose Lama, 

 his field-adjutant, who voluntarily offered to share the fate 

 of these valiant men. 



The consequence of this extraordinary success has been the 

 capitulation of the citadel of San Felipe, which took place 

 on the 10th instant, and in which his Excellency has display- 

 ed his accustomed generosity. 



The department of Venezuela is now rendered tranquil by 

 the efforts of its successful army ; and his Excellency, the 

 general-in- chief, to whom it is indebted for this happy situa- 

 tion, having fulfilled the intentions of the government in re- 

 posing the command of these provinces in his hands, by thus 

 concluding a war, which for thirteen years has desolated this 

 beautiful but unhappy country, has accomplished his wishes, 

 and redeemed the pledge which he has so often given. 



GEORGE WOODBERRY, 



Head Quarters, Puerto Cavello, Colonel. 

 Nov. 12, 1823.— 13. 



