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find son of a British general officer, — had 

 been aide-de-camp to the Prince of Orange 

 at Waterloo, and since aide-de-camp to 

 General Bolivar. The British received the 

 thanks of the general-in-chief, in General 

 Orders, the next day, and every individual, 

 officer and soldier, was appointed a member 

 of the Order of Liberators of Venezuela, — 

 a distinguished mark of his high appro- 

 bation of their conduct on that day. The 

 honour of this victory might be divided be- 

 tween the cavalry and the English ; and ever 

 after this they were the greatest friends, 

 promising to stand by each other in every 

 extremity. How changed were things now ! 

 Even the general, Ansuartagui, who was 

 often heard to say that they were not worth 

 ' their meat, and that he was sure they had 

 not come there to fight, was obliged to con- 

 fess (when asked during the action, by 

 one of their countrymen (Dr. Foley), what 

 he thought the British worth,) that they 



