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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Extract from a June 20, 1821, letter in Havana reports Mexican insurgents nearing Vera Cruz with a strong army, severing communications to Mexico. The Captain General fears a local uprising and stations troops in streets. A Spanish convoy will sail to Tampico as the only route to Mexico.
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from a gentleman residing in Havana,
to his correspondent in this city, dated
20th June, 1821.
"The last accounts we have from Vera
Cruz is that the Insurgents are in sight
of that place with a strong army, and that
all communications between Vera Cruz
and Mexico are cut off by the Insurgents,
and that the Capt. General of Vera Cruz
was apprehensive the inhabitants of Vera
Cruz would rise in favor of the Insurgents,
so that he was obliged to have a
strong party of troops in the street, to
keep them under
"A convoy of Spanish vessels will sail
in the morning for Tampico, the only
way left to get from this place to Mexico."
[N. Y. Post.]
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Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Vera Cruz
Event Date
20th June, 1821
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communications between vera cruz and mexico cut off; strong party of troops deployed in streets to prevent uprising; convoy to tampico as only route to mexico
Event Details
Insurgents are in sight of Vera Cruz with a strong army. All communications between Vera Cruz and Mexico are cut off by the Insurgents. The Capt. General of Vera Cruz was apprehensive the inhabitants would rise in favor of the Insurgents, obliging him to station a strong party of troops in the streets to keep them under. A convoy of Spanish vessels will sail in the morning for Tampico, the only way left to get from this place to Mexico.