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excess of courage. He heard the cry of "Long live Santa Anna!" set up by some ragamuffins who were leaving the place, and mistaking this for an indication of the popular will he thought that the entire city was in favor of him. In this belief he made preparations for the attack by sending Alejia to one side of the city, and Arago and J arero to another while he occupied a point from which he could work in an am- biguous way. He gave orders that all should make an attack simul- taneously at a given signal. With things arranged thus the assault began. Everything turned out according to his wishes. They entered the city> but in order not to deprive the other leaders of the glory due them, he permitted them to enter first, he following them later after they had taken possession of the strongest points-a good example of Farfulla's- great magnanimity. The commander on the side of the Government was General Andrade. He and his officers, Calderon among them, surrendered on the condition that Andrade be .allowed to retire with his troops to the Capital and that he agree not to take up arms during this campaign. Two day& after taking the City of Puebla, Santa Anna sent General Mejia with the vanguard division fo San Martin Tesmeluca on the road to the Capital. A short time afterward Andrade commenced his march to Mexico according to the terms of capitulation, but the treacherous Santa Anna sent a courier to Mejia commanding this officer to make Andrade and the other officers prisoners and disarm and discharge the troops under the pretext that Andrade had violated the treaty agreement and was going to join the enemy, all of which was entirely false. Mejia carried out the order, but instead of dissolving the troops, he annexed them to his own and promoted the sergeants to the rank of officers. When general Andrade demanded the reason for this action Santa Anna said that it was exclusively the work of Mejia against whom it was not convenient to take any measure at that time. . This was all the satis- faction that he received in regard to his betrayal. After making some arrangements respecting the civil and political government of Puebla Santa Anna advanced to the City of Mexico with his forces greatly increased by new recruits which he had collected in the State and also by the troops under the command of Colonel Valencia. He established his headquarters in Tacubaya, three miles from the Cap- ital, the name of which he changed to La Aranjuez. While he was there his troops made several excursions and took possession of Toluca, Cuer- navaca and other important points. It was at the capture of Toluca that our hero acquired a famous sword of which we will say more later on. During this time the Government had neither physical nor moral strength. The only protection in the City was two thousand soldiers under the command of General Quintanar. Santa Anna displayed his for~es in sight of the Capital and demanded its surrender. We will leave him for a moment in this situation in order to give a few brief particulars which up to this time we have passed over in silence. CHAPTER XV. Various incidents omitted in the foregoing narration. Santa Anna suspends the siege of Mexico and leaves Queriitaro to meet Bustamante. They meet twenty leagues from the Capital. Their respective forces. Santa .Anna refuses. to fight and allows Quintanar to reinforce Bustamante. The latter sends Durli.n
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