372 SPANISH AMERICA. 



San Fernando de Apure. Piar likewise de- 

 feated the royalist troops near Angostura, 

 on the 11th of April, compelling them to 

 shut themselves up in that town and its 

 citadel. In May, Morillo received a rein- 

 forcement of one thousand six hundred men 

 from Spain. 



It is now time to turn our attention to 

 the other sections of Spanish America. The 

 Viceroyalty of New Grenada, now forming- 

 part of the republic of Colombia, compre- 

 hended, under the colonial system, the pro- 

 vinces situated between Guatimala, Vene- 

 zuela, and Peru; its capital was Santa Fe 

 de Bogota, which is at present also the 

 capital of the republic of Colombia, and is 

 now called simply Bogota, the name of 

 Santa F6 being suppressed. 



Soon after intelligence was received at 

 Carthagena, ^rom Spain, of the dispersion of 



