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pelled to abandon the field to his opponent. 

 This reverse was accompanied by other mis- 

 fortunes : Cagigal and Calzados, having 

 rallied some of their dispersed troops, at- 

 tacked the division of Marino, who was 

 compelled to retreat to Cumana ; and Ur- 

 dineta, in consequence of these disasters, 

 found himself under the necessity of with- 

 drawing his troops to Cucuta, on the fron- 

 tiers of Santa ¥6. 



Bolivar, whose military government was 

 very little relished by the people, became 

 again for a time unpopular : the inhabitants 

 of Los Llanos declared openly for the roy- 

 alist cause, in consequence of several of 

 their countrymen, who had been taken 

 prisoners in a previous engagement, having 

 been put to death by one of his generals, 

 Don J. Campo-Elias. The siege of Puerto 

 Cabello was unavoidably raised, and the 

 troops employed in it were embarked for 



