Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-16

and so transports, (sevcral Of which were
armed in fute) conveying $500 ,Ioops'
,be whole having diseuibarked at luna
"a about the end of May. Early 10 June
Gen. MoriiIa arrived at Cumana ID 'he
loop Of war Baylen, Of "a guns asee.n'
,an;ed ky the brigs Perignou and Jscin'
ia. of ! s guns each. After having taken
the command Of the army, and having
subdued Cariaco, Cumanscoa, ana Caro-
pano. Gen. Morillo returned to CunaDo'
eaying earrisons Of creole troops TO pro-
tect the conquered places. Col. 1'mlnes
has been sent with 600 men TO a'tach
Guira, where some patriot forces had re-
tired.
These dispositions having been made,
the troops from Spain were re-embaTKed
on board the transports, and acc"mPahi-
ed BY the vessels Of war set sail Tor ne
island of Cocbe, where Col. hldame.
vbs comma nJed Cd division from BARGE
Iona, having joined Gen. Mo'illc, The
whole proceeded against Marsarta. A
landing was effected at Port North
where the patriots made some resistance.
The Spanish loss is stated at 9 men I'LL
ed and S officers wounded, the Pat,iots
losing at the sa. ne time $50 m.n. zen
Morillo sent flag of truce into PamPs-
tar, ard it i, asserted that the othcer who
carried it vas put to death. The places
was Immediately stsrmed and taken with
very little resistance, there being only 2
guns in the fort. According TO tie !sst
accounts received in Pue' To CabeiIc. the
Standards we're n possession Of the Whole
! island, villa exception OF The mountain
Gus pa,ts 70 which the patriots h: d led.
From the Carraeoa Gazate Of .aag. 9.
! Letters from st Thomas of the 2Sth
ult. coming from very respectable sour
ces. furnish US with he following rntelli-
psnce received there by late ar il ais from
Cumana aud Margali.a, which OFT icad
ers will perceive is in direct contIa'lN.
tion to what we published in our la,t re-
latiye TO the successes of Gen. M9r:llo.-
Hinder such circumstances We have expe-
rienced much difficult in stating me pos
ture of affairs on the Main, but whe'her
in the present case tie accounts Of the one
party should be believed in preference Il"
those of the Other, we shall leave il to the
Judgment Of our readers 10 determine.
The expedition directed BY General
.icrillo against Margarita has met with
an urfavorable issue. me had succeeded
so far in landing considerable number
| Of troops near the bank Of the Arenas, at
the same tine that his squadron vas me
nacing Pampatar. The people of Mar
earita conceiyirg this to BE a scheme OF
the enemy, in order to conceal their real
intent, which was safely to effect their
landing, left a garrison at PamIarar, sui.
fcient to annoy t<eir operations in that
quarter, and marched with the greatest
part OF their forces 10 meet the invaders,
Who had irtroduc, ID themselves b. way Of
Arenas; after terrifying the heights with
some good corps Of reserve, the lude-
pendents pushed forward towards the
shore, posted themselves in ambush and
suffered the enemy TO advance unmolest
ed, until they we caught in the centre,
and in the middle of two fires. The SUI
prise Of the enemy was sHch, that accord
! ing to the accounts Of the patriots, they
suffered a most extraordinary anti sangui-
nary defeat, and fed in great disorder.
Their logs is stated at 600 slain, an equal
number Of wounded, who we're conveyed
in five vessels to Cumana. a great num-
Der dispersed in The mountains, who we're
daily made prisoners, and some drowned
IN the confusion to regain their ships
Three whole days had been employed BY
the yictors to secure the ammunitions a.
bandoned BY thu royalists, and it is as
serted that none OF these would have
escaped had there been time for the ca
vafry to cooperate to advantage.
\ Gen. Merino, drawing proper ad-
vantage trom this victory and from the
unprotected state 10 which Gen. Morillo
had abandoned Crmana, for the sake Of
the great expedition against Margarita.
ayailed himself Of the opportunity now Of.
tered to him to retake CariacO and Ca
rupano, and advanced against Cumana.
which place was reduced to state Of
starvation.
"a Spanish corvette has run aground
CD Point Arsgua, and the inhabitants Of
Margarita we're actively employed to get
her aioat, as an acquisition to their navy.
News arrived at st. Thomas from
Grenada, Trinidad, Barbados, MART.
nique and st. Bartholomew, confirmed
uniformly the progress OF the Republican
army against Guyana, and the 6nal re.
dnctinn hf that Mace. Admiral Rrinr