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for some time harassed by Calleja. Mo- 

 relos marched to Chilapa, which he took, 

 and also Tehuacan, and Orizaba : on the 

 25th of November he made himself master 

 of Antequera, and soon afterwards Aca- 

 piilco surrendered to him. 



About the end of 1812, Don J. M. A. To- 

 ledo raised a force in the patriot cause, and 

 took San Antonio de Bejar, the capital of 

 Texas, and obtained some other advantages, 

 in conjunction with Don B. Gutierrez; but 

 they were completely defeated early in 1813, 

 by Don N. Arredondo, and their troops dis- 

 persed. 



Morelos, after making an unsuccessful at- 

 tack, in December 1813, upon Valladolid, 

 was defeated on the 7th of January 1814, 

 by Llano, at Puruaran, with the loss of 

 seven hundred prisoners ; who, as soon as 

 they were taken, were executed by the 

 royalists. Morelos, in consequence, by way 



