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cessfully attacked by the grenadiers, and immediate- 
ly turned against them, so that the rout soon be- 
came complete, and Captain Blair was eventually left 
master of the field, with the capture of four guns and 
four tumbrils. One of the guns was spiked, in conse- 
quence of the carriage being so much injured that it 
could not be removed ; the remainder, and one of 
the tumbrils loaded with ammunition, were secured ; 
the other three tumbrils were blown up, together with 
a large quantity of loose powder Fifteen thousand 
rounds of shot, of different sizes, were found in a vil- 
lage at a short distance from the scene of action. In 
the present reduced state of the government’s resources, 
the issue of this contest was a subject of great rejoicing, 
not only on account of the prize in arms and ammu- 
nition of which it left them masters, but also because 
it cast a depression upon the spirits of the adverse 
troops, which immediately paralyzed their energies, 
and thus greatly contributed to their future defeats. 
This signal victory, however, for it proved to be 
signal in its consequences, was obtained at the fearful 
sacrifice of forty-eight men killed and eighty-five 
wounded, no less than one-fourth of the whole govern- 
ment force; nevertheless, it was a sacrifice whic 
was attended with the most beneficial results. The 
battle had been so obstinately contested, with such a 
vast inferiority of force on the part of the government, 
and the subsequent victory had been so complete, that 
it at once gave the enemy the most extravagant ideas 
of the military pre-eminence of their adversaries, 
and so completely satisfied them of their own in- 
feriority, that they began to be dejected and alarmed. 
