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and the patriot cause, through the unceas- 

 ing, the able, the skilful, and well-directed 

 exertions of Bolivar, the zeal and talents of 

 his officers, and the spirit and bravery of the 

 troops which they commanded, became com- 

 pletely triumphant ; and (all the hopes of 

 the royalists being entirely destroyed) was 

 firmly established upon a secure and lasting 

 foundation. 



It now only remains to add a few facts 

 from the report made by Don Pedro Bri- 

 ceno Mendes, the minister of the war de- 

 partment, to the Congress assembled at Bo- 

 gota, on the 13th of April 1823. 



After detailing the operations and the bril- 

 liant successes of the campaign, which had 

 respectively taken place and been obtained, 

 in the interval between the dissolution of 

 the last, and the assembling of the present 

 Congress, and which have been already nar- 

 rated, the minister proceeds to mention the 

 subsequent march of Bolivar, with a body of 

 troops to Peru ; but who, after his arrival at 



