Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-05-13
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when the remainder Of the Spanifh army
under big. gen Real retired in The
grcatrit -4hordrr, by irregular roads, nor.
withdrawing all Our efforts to prevent il,
We never could bring them 10 Deceive
action
On rhe nth his exctlency gen. Ma
rino. commander in chief of tie forces.
entered these head quarters at the head
Of his army.
On the I2,h We bad an engagement
with fceen orani;h vefels oftwo hours
and half, without any lois on oar part.
On that fame day, having underfood that
the enemy halted ar the Pllar, orders were
given TO march aeainit them.
On the I4th we directed our march by
the road TO st. Bernardino, and arrived
at O'Clock in the afternoon at that place,
where we found part of the kings troops
entrenched in convent. which they de.
Tended till night. But experiencing that
our march by thar road 10 the Pillar was
roo difficult and troublefome, orders were
given for counter ma ch, which was
eff cted with the lois Of only wounded
on our part.
On the 18th the army returned to
head quarters.
On the 18th fquadron Of IT kings
velels came off rhis harbor, the entry
thereto being defended by only four gun
boats, under The gallant captain of the
navy Antonio Dias, who, Imported BY
three privateers anchored in the port,n
only prevented The enemy from entering,
bur finally forced them to retreat. From
the priloners taken on that cccaGon we
IN eraand that they had 30 killed, and
upwards Of 70 wounded, amongf them
Guerrero, the commander of their gun
boats.
On the 10Th We had a fmilar glori-
Gus and fortunate action.
On the aft, when our army vas rea
dy to march 10 the Pillar, having been
informed by our accommodating parties
that the enemy advanced TO the Junca!,
three leagues dinant from this city, we
reiolved to wait for them, and 20 en-.
deayor TO attract them to thefs vicinities,
where their deitruction would have been
inevitable however, we could not fec
coed in getting them out of their ambuf-
cade OF the Ju' cal, where they had en-
trenched themfeves, notwithstanding ev.
cry itratsgem on our part TO bring them
to general action.
On The 22d the armed fchr. Cen.
Marine blew up kings fchooner, TIA
toned to windward of this por, to watch
our movements on the coaf, in the pref
ence of the Spanifh fquadron,
One Jingle broadGGe was fufficient TO
put the enemy's veflel in blaze, wilhout
fhot being tired on her part, although
The mounted J guns, one of which was
an 8 FOUNDER. Capt. Dubouit, who
commanded the independent fchr. re-
ceiyea no other damage to his vefIel than
the mainfail having caught fire, when he
Immediately returned TO Margarita.
On the ash, at o'clo k at night, the
enemy broke up their camp and retired
along the coat 10 Caracas.
On the 9Th inf. our gunboals. under
the command Of Antonio Dias, captain
of she navy, with geo infantry under
col. Armiio, gained he mott glorious ri
umph, A battery, confructed by the
enemy on the heights of the Moro, rem
dered the approach to their formidable
petition in that quarter, which, beGdes,
was fupporsed by IS vefcls of war,
mott difficult task At the break of day
the fire Of two of our guns was opened
upon them, while 4 of our gunboats.
coming up from the river, attacked the
opanith force with fuch rapidty that they
thought on nothing ellie but to make
their efcape, and to abandon the battery,
the harbor, and even the coat.
The confufon of the enemy at that
moment was mott frishtful; the floop of
war Boylen, the briggs and fchooners. cut
their cables, and in mott cowardIy
manner, were towed to leeward The
attack made by colonel Irmario on the
battery of the enemy was conducted with
the greatett vslor, and nothing is to be |
compared TO the courage of our troops
in thar battle. The velocity of their
march faved them from tutoring a great
lois, conGdering the nature of the road.
which IS extremely narrow, waihed By
the fea, and having upwards OF 100 pie |
ces OF cannon on hnth Edes fron, rhioh !