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feated with the loss, according to Calleja's 

 official report, of ten thousand men, killed, 

 wounded, and prisoners. 



Hidalgo retreated to Guanaxuato, whither 

 he was pursued by Calleja, who, on the 24th 

 of November, captured the batteries of the 

 patriots, and on the next day stormed and 

 took the town. On the 26th all the officers, 

 who had been made prisoners, and many 

 others, were shot. Hidalgo marched to 

 Guadalaxara, one hundred and fifty leagues 

 N. W. of Mexico, defeating in different skir- 

 mishes several royalist detachments; and San 

 Bias, where he obtained forty-three pieces 

 of cannon, surrendered to him by capitu- 

 lation. In the mean time a patriot force 

 was defeated at Zamora by Don J. Cruz, 

 who entered Valladolid, and behaved to- 

 wards the inhabitants with the most savage 

 cruelty. 



Calleja advanced to Guadalaxara, and a 

 battle was fought, on the 17th of January 



