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Suere, at Yaguachi ; where a division of 

 twelve hundred of the enemy were taken 

 prisoners or killed. From thence to the 

 action of Guachi, on the 12th of September 

 1821, where it suffered a complete rout, 

 owing to the great superiority of the enemy 

 in cavalry, and to the misunderstandings 

 between the generals commanding, when 

 most of the officers fell into the hands of 

 the enemy, or were killed. Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Johnston commanded it on this 

 day, and Lieutenant-Colonel Mackintosh 

 received a second wound in the same hand 

 as before, at the head of another battalion. 

 Owing to the regulation of the war, which 

 had now taken place between Bolivar and 

 Morillo, the lives of those taken were spared ; 

 some escaped, and others were exchanged. 



In 1822, the battalion, being again re- 

 cruited, marched for the third time against 

 Quito, and had the glory of deciding the 

 battle of Piechincha on the 24th May, 



