The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-11-23 00:00:00

SOUTH AMSRIG4.

COPIIIIIIIIIbIIOII 01 Ti! CAFTURIS OF SANTA r
Calmest. oe nye oIIAsSADA. aT Tit SSSSS siting
MUM cusps IHI Cotenant) Of Tot ParIJOINT,
OtticstAt. OW, la.
By the meting of the orlanotier. Esediemoor. from
Jitrosits, 4a Silievstiamdinary poi( k Pommy. of nine
def., we hem wit pet in possession of the Joernels
of that Island, op to the 15th inst., from one of which
we hale made the followlog estrart
s'Jaw aICA, SM. 15.—Hie Majesty'sbtig Beaver,
' ar is gene, Captain Ssemeres, from Carthagena,
anchored et Port.iteysl yesterday morning.
° " The latelligence by the flyover mess to leave no
Josh. es tolhe replete of Santa. Fe, by the forces
• seder Bolivar. .Indeed It is stated, that the official
• Serpent of that meet had unclad Callboys& pre-
.» : viously to the wiling of the Beaver, and bad been
shown to Captelit Hart, of his Majesty's ship Sap-
phire, lying et that pert. We are also enabled to
. give some pettieelars of the operations of the Ingle.
widow% reviessly to their occepation of Sante Fe,
Collected by a Gentlemas on the spot; bet who, at
, she some time, mentions. that be derived theta from
iedivideale. who related theta as their respective in.
ter• s e peedemiested. There termites battles between
thecootesiding parties, before the ono which derided
the fate of Sonia Fe. The Int was es the lot of
July, at a place celled Goma. in the valley of
S gamest., to the prelim. of Tear, where
liver had an *my if 2000 infantry sod 500 ct.
Tale,; to which was opposed General Bustin°, with
3000 Royal troops; the battle was obstinate, and
Rest towage was displayed on both aides, it not
endieg till lA o'clock at night, when the Royal
troops were compelled to retreat in great disorder.—
The second battle took place on the 25th of July,
between the sew patties, at Patina de Berg, our
to the capital of the protium of Tongs. The con.
tending erodes were closely engaged for five seccessim
hems, and both fought with great desperation ; bet
the retell was said to be. that Bolivar obtained '
complete victory toter the Royal troops, who, in
their precipitate retreat, left behind them all their
Mime, artillery, and treasure. Bolivar is stated
• to be entirely indebted to his cavalry for these sec.
• cossets they having borne the brunt of these actions.
16 Bolivar now declared martial law, forcing ell
• frailties that could heir arms to join his sistulard, by
• which omens he coosiderably inmeated the sireitok
of his eatery. His force new consisted of 3,000
Infentry, sod 1,000 cavalry ; he proceeded on his
room to Santa Fr, end bullies arrived at a place
• called Vents Geameda, shoat 25 leagues from that
city, a yowl action took place Weems hint and
Gen. (illusion. Here, it regime the country is very
mountainous end woody, sod Bolivar determined
to defeat his opponent, if possible, by stratagem.
He placed a considerable pert of his troops in am.
bosh, sad contrived to get his cavalry in the ene-
my's rear, presented • small front to tire enemy,
who attacked him with great resolution and Eery ;
bemedistely epos which, the divisions In ambesh
booed forth, attacking his lank', and Ike cavalry
li, rear, by which General Boredom Ives com-
pletely awnended ; and it is affirmed his army
was totally annihilated, with the esorption of about
400 teen, who bad arrived et Mempos. on the rivers
Pdsgilalirea. From Information derived fins these
perinea, they allow their loss to be 600 in killed.,
end 400 pri S . This baffle it said to have takes
piece on the 7th Mimi, and 'millets of it reach.
ed Santa Fe at midnight of the Sib, upon which
the Viceroy rive orders far the city to be ?twitted,
end at lye o'clock on the 9th he quitted it, along
with were) h•ndretla srtseh.d to the Gullet soment
esmoliiions was his reirpat, it teems, that he se.
tinily Grilled at Bonds in 30 hours, a jriorney which
Usually °MVO's three days. 11. left behind him 811
the magazines and treasury, which latter was sup-
posed to contain about hill a million of money
Deliver, by ibis t, is stated to have entered
Santa Fe from the 11th to the 13th.
g1if0.11.5, the Viceroy, arrived at Timber° on
the 'nth ult., end sent di.peches by the way of Ilia I
tie Is !fiche, to General 31orido. (ivies' an arcnent
401 the shove events. On the 25th alt. lotrlligence
',ached Carthaeris, that General la Torte, toe .nd
in command so Goers; Nloiillo, he.l been warm!
to take the co/amainl of the royal format !hots Fe;
and he declared, that in r!ght days he would be in
that city wilt the 6t. regiment of N . The
troops that had wilted at Inmitiiit acre foilifring
that piece, to refill any attack by the Independent'.
66 Bolivar is said to have dispatched a division of
his army into Penspelovis ; and the opinion preesletit
at Carthame was, that he would not attempt to
descend Magdalena. or attack St. Ninths, bet
costing* in the interi.tr of the country."