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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Letter from La Guaira reports Royalist capture of Barcelona on April 10, 1817; Bolivar evacuated with main army to join General Ardenot. Royalists massacred 500 garrison men, 120 women and children, and shot two officers on April 18. Described as a war of extermination.
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On the 10th inst. we received advices of the capture of Barcelona, by the Royalists, which does not give them a great advantage, as they only regained an empty town. Bolivar, with the greater part of his army had previously evacuated it, marching into the interior, for the purpose, it is said, of forming a junction with the Patriot General Ardenot, who is approaching from Santa Fe, with a considerable army. Should they unite, it is probable they may attempt something that may again endanger the existing government. Barcelona is about one hundred and twenty miles to the windward of this.
The garrison left by Bolivar (500 men) with about 120 women and children, who had taken refuge within the walls of the fortified convent, were all indiscriminately put to death with the bayonet—two of the principal officers, taken alive, were brought here and publicly shot, on the 18th inst. In fact, it is now a war of extermination, (from the evils of which no class is exempt) no less destructive, than it is disgraceful to every principle of civilization and humanity.
Baltimore Patriot.
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Barcelona
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10th Inst. (April 1817); 18th Inst.
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garrison of 500 men and 120 women and children put to death with bayonets; two principal officers publicly shot.
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Royalists captured Barcelona, an empty town after Bolivar evacuated with main army to interior to join Patriot General Ardenot from Santa Fe. Barcelona 120 miles to windward of La Guaira. War described as extermination, destructive and disgraceful.