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chiefs constantly at his table, and always 

 took every opportunity of expressing his 

 gratitude, and the high sense he had of 

 the services of this corps. — Colonel Uslar 

 having fallen into the hands of Morillo 

 early in 1819, was kept prisoner by him, 

 and compelled to clean the streets, &c. in 

 chains, until the meeting of the two chiefs 

 at St. Anna, to make an armistice, in 1821 ; 

 when General Bolivar requested the release 

 of this officer, as a personal favour from 

 Morillo, which was granted, and the Libe- 

 rator immediately placed him at the head 

 of his regiment of grenadiers of the guard, 

 which command he still holds. 



The British had become at length such 

 good marchers, that they always formed 

 the advanced-guard of the army, being now 

 complained of as marching too fast, instead 

 of too slow as formerly. Such was the 

 esprit du corps, that the very natives incor- 

 porated in this battalion thought themselves 



