Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-06

we of their situation; but we are ever!
do, ;nsulted with printed p. oclamailonS'
which they promuIgate whene'er ,hey
canscatch our people. II will not pe i"'S
before captain Vilavenor, With . hun"[ea
men of Geo ra orda and alsSA regiment
Of more than a thousand men, viii ehec'
their union with the army; this will com
p,etely undeceive our secret enemies
Ats o'clock. this afternoon, tJme lo)
the army of !ArredORda arrived at Gan
Jose, Q leagues distant from Soto la Ma
rina. and tomorrow llth) will com
mence its operations, by placing nsei'
within cannon shot.
June 90.
Bv letters from the army OF 18th inst.
at distance of three quarters OF a league
above Soto Ia Marina, it is said, as fol-
lows, viz On the 10th, at 2 o'clock 10
The morning, We came in sight OF the fort
of that town, and in three quarters OF an
hour the enemy opened their fire upon US,
and although our van guard advaBced
within 500 PAGES, and they fred canister,
no injury was done the whole day. On
the 18th we erected battery of 4 pieces,
from 4 to 8 Founders, which opened on
them very early in the morning they
continued to fire grenades without any
particular accuracy.
This day arrived in camp four capiairs
and lieutenaDts, prisoners to Don Fellp'
de la Cares, and captain Castro, who
routed party Of forty Of the enemy, Kill
ling a captain and several Americans
bringing in various prisohers with others
taken ia the vicinity Of the fort, having
already thirty, with the rngues Of the
country who have been imprisoned. On
the 1sih tie captain commandment Of ar
tillery, and another otfusilsels presented
themselves for pardon.
A pretty constant fire has been kept
up on our part. ard they have answered
it. DO day, 18th, the enemy's fire has
been very remiss, and now, at 10 o'cl7ck
at night, they have fired two canpon shot,
for they might have perceived that we
are erecting a battery oithin mu>ket shot
to open upon them tomorrow, to force
this tort to SURF eEder, which contains the
greatest Williams Of the party of Mira -
An immense quantity Of horned cattle,
horses and mules, has bt en- taken fiom
them, which they fed under the fort. by
lieutenant colonies Sa da and Cara and
captain Elguesabsi Daicos, and nany o.
ther officers, who ever quarre led among
themselves which shall 60 out against The
enemy.
jane IS, at 10 O'Clock.
BY dispatches from the general, dated
10th instant. in his head quarters at Soto
la Marina, it appears that he entered the
Tort which the rebels had erected, and
was surrendered BY then with the re-
naming prisoners at discretion, together
with the disenchanted b. hop, father Mi
err; that he found in the Tort a great
quantity of arms, ammunition and cl0-
thing, Of which an inventory was 10 be
made.
June seth.
By express fiom San Luis Potosi, we
are officially informed. that the colonel
Of the regiment Of Estramadura Armi.
nan overlook Nina in the field Of San
Jose, near thr Haironda Of Peotillas, not
Tar from Malaguala,, and although the
latter drew up in order, and was deter
mined to die combat,ing---aftcr a battle
of three hours and a hall he was com
pletelv routed, and if the cavalry of Rio
Vendes had not fallen into disorder, aud
flying back, broke the infantry. they
would probably have exterminated the
rabblr, which the troops of Surragoda
ralaneigo and New Biscay were still
pursuing; from which it is believed that
Nina is going to unite with the rebels Of
Bario Lagas. who are under tie aiscre-
ton Of the Curate Torres and Moreno.
Further account of the capture of the
Republican fort at Sato /, Marina, and
the battle betw cen Arminan and Mi
ma.
After three or four days cannonading
on both sides, and the consumption on
our part Of an immtnse quantity Of am.
munition, SO that we had but FIVE Or six
rounds lett, and that for this reason we
we're resolved to assault the fort, the be.
sieg.d demanded parley, and surren.
dered in number about two bundled, and
among them Pierre, laid to be late ma,
jor in the 44'h L. S. infanty,) and Fa.
Their Mier, Oh condition that their lives
should be spared, and in other respect:
at the discretion Of the Vice Roy, t.
| whom the principal prisoners have been
sentby the way Of Attamina, escorted by
capt. Don Felix Ceva,lus. They had a