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1\Ianatil, being able to avoid this calamity, owing to the activity and fearlessness that characterized all the military operations of General Santana ·. (N B) On the 6 of July, 1821, with five hundred men he assaulted the fortress of Veracruz personally scaling the first by the bastian of San Jose without employing artillery of any caliber." The 1st of )larch Calderon began his countermarch, and as slowness and prudence were, always his characteristics, he did not venture to pass in the first days journey the point called Boqueron." Calderon was entrenched in Loma-Alta with the baggage &C- Santana arrives- camps near him. "Thus he passed all the 2 days until in the night. Santana changed his positions marching to the point of Tolome. At ten in the morning of the 3 day the forces of Calderon in number three thousand seven hundred men, arrived at Tolome; Santana counted upon six hundred infantry and five hundred rough cavalry. The fight commenced immediately at the bridge, which an advance guard of the troops who occupied, the village was defend- ing Colonel D. Jose Rincon at the head of the brigade of his command, with three pieces of artillery took possession of the pass quickly and compromised the battle; general Iberri and Colonel Gaona made an attempt to flank the position of Santana &C Calderon remained master [ ?] of the field of battle; the fruits of victory were thirty-two officers and four hundred thirteen men prison- ers; six caissons, and four hundred and thirty-eight rifle guns, the greater part without bayonets, because they did not have them. Among the victims were two distinguished chiefs who had taken part" in the triumph in Tampico in 1829, and upon whose valor Genl. San- tana counted, Generals D. Pedro Landero and D. Juan Andonaequi.- Calderon moved slowly- 12 April he marched upon the City of Vera Cruz- 14 he commenced an attack bombarding the place- Calderon raises the siege & retreats 13, having lost by fever more than 1000 men, and arrived in J alapa in a miserable condition. Santana marched to seek his enemies in J alapa. · (Note N. B) "during the government of General Guerrero, having opposed himself to the disorder and to the misgovernment he urged and approved the removal of the Secretary of the treasury Zavala and the expulsion of the American plenipotentiary l\Ir Poinsett.'., Santana arrived at Puebla after the battle of Palma 3 of October.- battle next day. On the first of August Bustamante commenced his march to Sa.n Luis, Zacatecas & other States-17 Sept or 18-Encountered ]\focta- zuma- This battle took place before the battle of Palmar. Mejia & Jarero marched from Puebla towards Mexico 19 octr. upon Cordova Santana besieged :Mexico from 22 Octr. until 1 Novr. when he inti- mated a surrender to Quintanar; Pedraza arrived in Vera Cruz 5 Novr. No. 2457. HENRY B. HOLCOMBE TO LA)fAR 1\fy DEAR GENL. In the course of our couversation in the Street on yesterday, I requested you to read at your leisure a communication recently published in the "Advertiser & State Gazette" published at Montgomery, over the signature of "Spirit of the South" which con-
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