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troops near sNuHId, III 4to'Cnuci VI shN
year, 1877, and sgam toward Varnas and
| Santa Fe. They had also taken the for
! tress OF San Fernando de Apures. which
commanded part OF The navigation Of The
Ornsko. They maintained union with
! New Grenada, where FIVE provinces were
in state oil insurrection, and the republi'
cans had beside possession OF some small
ports in the gulf OF PARA. Their power
consisted of 10000 regular troops, and 10
gunboats on the Orinoko, commended by
Brion, each armed with an eighteen poun.
Ger. The Spanish General Morlllo re-
mained at Caracas and Valencia, and al
so held possession of the cities OF Cumana
and Barcelona. In New Grenada he main
tanned the important posts of Carthagena,
Santa Fee, and Santa Martha. AT the time
he was again preparing Tor battle, m con
sequence OF reinfofcemenls from Europe,
The Republic of Venezuela established an
important branch OF government. in a
council of state. (conseijo saprema de la
nac,on) Nov. 70, 1917, at Aagostura. Ibey
decreed the most perfect equality OF polit'-
| cal rights 10 all classes. cotors 4 races OF
the inhabitants. There had been formed
in England. where their agent d. Lopez
Mendez was very active, body OF voEun-
teers, who sailed in Dec. 1917, but who
| on their arrival at Venezuela ,Iafier many
| accidents, found themselves altogether de-
ceived in their expectations. (See Hack
cts relation, ard HipelIey's narratives OF
the expedition 10 the rivers OrinCkO and
Apure, 1877 Lon. 1879
Later expeditions in the year 1919 sue
| ceeded better, and carried 10 the :Dsur.
gents important relutorcements OF arms
and men. But before these arrived the
war was renewed with success by the roy
slists. In The shor, period between Dec.
1917, and the end OF May, 1918, the in
surgents (under Bolivar, Paez, Laranza
and others aud the royalists (under Mo.
riIlo, Morales, Lopez and Others, engag.
ed in twelve regular battles, ip which both
parties lost as much as 10000 men. Be-
livar was forced to give up his system of
! separate attacks, which were met with
the united force of the Spaniards. Paez
then received the com maDd. having under
him msrino and Arismen1i, the latter cum
| manded on the island OF Margarit;a.-
BermudeZ covered the mouth OF the Oro-
| noco, and Rrion cruizeC or the coast OF
Caracas. From time to time, consider a.
BILE numbers OF troops were raised in Eng
land, 10 aid OF the insurgents, (it has been
! said that they amounted TO 5000 soldiers
and 5000 saiIors.) Although many OF them
persisted from want and sickness, yet a
considerable number under Gen. Dive
reux reached VenezueIatin safety from Ire
land, and gave again the prepondeTance
10 the power of the Insurgents. MorFllo
had difficulty now in maintaining himself
in the provinces on the east, and the Vice
| Roy SANTANA was loo weak 10 New Grana
! da 10 be bic TO furnish any opposition to
! the insurrections, which was again revived
under the command oil Santander The
| brave McGregor had at the same time un-
dertaken to land at Panama, and on the
10th Of April, 1919, surprised Porto Bel
10; but he neglected some necessary pre-,
| cautions, and on the Gath the Spsniards
Tell on him, and it was with difficulty that
he saved himself by flight On the other
| hand the campaign in Venezuela, was 20.
pened with success by Bolivar. His army
consisted, at the beginning Of the year
1919, of 5000 infantry and $500 cavalry
| OF regular troops exercised to war, beside
the undiscipIined militia from the Llanos,
and 1000 English. Alter several very
bloody battles, he succeeded, though with
great loss, in pressing over the mountains
of New Grenada, and uniting himself
with the insurgents OF that country, who
under Santander had beaten the Vice Rag
| SANTANA. June 10, 1919, General Marine
defeated the royal troops in the province
of. Barcelona, and Urdsuia conquered
the city of Barcelona. Afterwards the
republicans advanced 10 Santa Fe de Boz
gotta, and Gen Paez returned to this city,
! August Is. The naval attack on Cumana
under Brion, Aug s. tailed Morillo no W
| saw himself limted TO the cities of Carae-
| cas-, Carthagena Santa Martha, Rio de Ia
! Hacha, and few other places on the coast.
| As there was now no probability that be
would receive endorsements from Spain,
| the victory would have been decided for
! the Republic OF Venezuela, il the Generals
! had carried on the war in concert As
sarly as the Goth Of November, 1913. Boz
! Iivar had published in their names at An.
gostura. Manifesto, in which Venezue-
| Ia soIemnly made public and declared its
independence Of Spain and lis political
independence, for which they had con-
tended since the 10th day of April, 1910.
declared that the Republic would never
again bend TO the Spanish yoke. or nego-
| ciate with that power on any other princi-
| Piles than those OF equality, as established
by the law OF nations. Feb. Is, 1919, the
Congress of Venezuela. was formally o.
pened at Angosturs, IN which already five
| deputies from New Granada took their
seats. Bolivar, till that time Chief Direc.
tor. was chosen President, and lea, Vice
President The citizen Roscio was Pre-
sident Of the Repreeentative Chamber,