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enemy, quitted the army, and proceeded to 

 Jamaica, whilst his troops formed a junction 

 with those in Carthagena, for the purpose 

 of defending the city. 



It was not, however, with any feeling of 

 estrangement from the cause of indepen- 

 dence, that Bolivar went to Jamaica ; for, 

 whilst there, he planned an expedition for 

 the express purpose of rendering assistance 

 to Carthagena ; and with this view he em- 

 barked for Aux Cayes : but the execution 

 of his plan was prevented by the surrender 

 of Carthagena, (the garrison having evacu- 

 ated the city,) which took place on the 6th 

 of December, after a siege of nearly four 

 months. 



In the mean time, the tyranny and 

 cruelty of the Spanish authorities, only in- 

 termitted when they were driven from 

 the country, and again renewed, with a still 



