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CAPITULATION 

 In the city of Puerto Cavello, on the 10th of November, 1823. 



Captain Don Jose Maria Isla, commandant of the citadel 

 of San Felipe, together with the commissary of war, Don 

 Miguel Rodriguez, and the syndic of this port, Don Martin 

 AramburUj having been commissioned by the commander-in- 

 chief of the said citadel and its troops, Don Manuel de Car- 

 rera y Colina, to treat respecting the surrender of the same, 

 on the invitation of his Excellency the besieging general-in- 

 chief, Jos^ Antonio Paez, on the basis of instructions deliver- 

 ed to us by the former, in consequence of imperious circum- 

 stances : and both contracting parties being desirous of avoid- 

 ing the further effusion of blood, and of terminating in an 

 honourable way the afflictions and sufferings of the merito- 

 rious chiefs, officers, troops, and housekeepers, who may be 

 prisoners of the republic of Colombia, in consequence of the 

 event of the night of the 7th instant, as also of others similar- 

 ly situated in other parts ; and with a view of putting an end 

 to this disastrous conflict as a service to humanity ; in virtue 

 of a supplication made to his Excellency the general-in- chief, 

 by the said Colonel Don Manuel de Carrera y Colina, that he 

 will be pleased to hear us, have proposed the following 

 articles : — 



Article 1. When the moment shall arrive for the departure 

 of the garrison from this citadel, (on terms to be hereafter 

 considered,) it shall do so with colours flying, drums beating, 

 having two field-pieces with twenty-five rounds each, and 

 lighted matches ; the chiefs and other officers carrying with 

 them their arms and baggage, and the troops their musquets, 

 knapsacks, belts, and pouches, sixty rounds of ammunition, 

 and each soldier two flints : the troops of Colombia paying to 

 them the usual honours of war. 



Answer. — Granted. — Paez. 



