Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Captain Baker reports the defeat of Patriot General Bolivar's army of 800 men near Caracas; only 200 escaped after locals, enraged by a slave-freeing proclamation, joined royal forces to nearly annihilate them.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
Captain Baker, 10 days from St. Thomas's, confirms the account of the defeat of the Patriot General Bolivar, on his march to Caracas. A few days before he sailed, a vessel arrived at this place from the Spanish Main, with a number of officers who belonged to Gen. Bolivar's army, who with the general made their escape, and saved their lives by flight.—
They stated that when the army landed at Ocumare, and took up its line of march through the province of Caracas; it consisted of 800 effective men; and that out of this number only 200 escaped death. The populace throughout the country were highly enraged at a proclamation which the general issued, setting the slaves of the plantations free, and instead of meeting patriots, as he advanced into the interior, he found himself in the midst of a most ferocious and sanguinary peasantry, who with the royal army, fell upon him, and almost annihilated his whole force.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Ocumare, Province Of Caracas
Key Persons
Outcome
out of 800 effective men, only 200 escaped death; army almost annihilated.
Event Details
The Patriot army under General Bolivar landed at Ocumare and marched through the province of Caracas. Enraged by Bolivar's proclamation freeing plantation slaves, the populace joined the royal army to attack, leading to the defeat and near destruction of the Patriot force. Bolivar and some officers escaped by flight.