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soners, fourteen pieces of artillery, one thou- 

 sand seven hundred musquets, and all their 

 ammunition, standards, chests, and military 

 stores. In consequence of this victory, the 

 patriots under the command of Sucr6 enter- 

 ed the city of Quito, by capitulation, on the 

 evening of the 25th of May. 



Under the terms of this capitulation, or 

 convention, the patriots likewise became pos- 

 sessed of the whole territory of Quito, with 

 all the magazines, stores, and ammunition ; 

 and they were besides joined by the greater 

 part of the royalist troops. On the 8th of 

 June, the city of Pas to also surrendered to 

 Bolivar by capitulation. 



The remnant of the royalist army, which 

 was defeated at Pichincha, retreated to Pa- 

 necillo, where they capitulated, or rather 

 were included in the capitulation under 

 which Quito was surrendered. 



The Spanish commander-in-chief. Morales, 

 who had succeeded La Torre, defeated on 

 the 7th of June the patriot Colonel Penan- 



