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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Schooner Tom arrived in Baltimore from La Guayra after 23 days, reporting the defeat of Patriots near Caracas around mid-March. Royalists under General Morillo routed them via ambush, killing 500 prisoners, capturing 800 horses and Bolivar's baggage; 300 Patriot women found in mountains.
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Federal Gazette Office,
Baltimore, April 11, 9 o'clock, P.M.
From the Merchants Coffee-House Books.
Arrived schooner Tom, Liddle, 23 days from La Guayra. Sailed 19th March, after a second embargo of ten days. Two days before sailing, accounts were received of the defeat of the Patriots about thirty miles from Caracas. The Royalists account states it to have been a complete rout, that they had made 500 prisoners, all of whom were put to the sword, and had taken 800 horses, the principal part of the baggage, Bolivar's private baggage; and among the rest, three hundred women attached to the Patriots were found next morning in the mountains. The particulars of the defeat had just been published, but Captain L. could not obtain a copy, nor could he learn that any officers of distinction were among the prisoners. It was stated that a ruse de guerre had been effected by General Morillo, by abandoning Calaboso, which drew the Patriots into an ambush between the two mountains. Morillo had been wounded in some of the previous battles.
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Caracas
Event Date
17th March
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500 prisoners put to the sword, 800 horses taken, principal baggage including bolivar's private baggage captured, 300 women attached to patriots found in mountains
Event Details
Defeat of the Patriots about thirty miles from Caracas; complete rout by Royalists using ruse de guerre by General Morillo abandoning Calaboso, drawing them into ambush between two mountains; Morillo wounded in previous battles