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CONTENTS.
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| Dictator — Lays Siege to Puerto Cabello — The Reaction — Second Decree of Bolívar — Arrival of Reinforcements at Puerto Cabello — Death of Girardot — Victory of Las Trincheras — Honours to Bolívar at Caracas — The Order of the "Liberators" — Boves, Morales, and Yañez — They rouse the Llaneros — Campo-Elias — Defeat of Boves at Mosquitero — Massacre of Royalists at Calabozo — Repulse of Patriots at Barquisimeto — Battle of Araure — Effects of the Dual Dictatorship — Reappearance of Boves on the Scene — The Patriots are driven from the Plains — General Revulsion of Feeling | 324 | |
| CHAPTER XXXIX. | ||
| THE SECOND FALL OF VENEZUELA. | ||
| 1814. | ||
Bolívar discloses a New Phase of his Character — The Assembly of Caracas — His Treaty with Mariño — Defeat and Death of Yañez — Action at La Puerta — Repulse of Morales at Victoria — Successes of Rivas — The Massacres of Caracas and La Guayra — Preparations of Bolívar — His Defence of the Entrenchments of San Mateo — Heroism of Recaurte — Defence of Caracas by Rivas — Of Valencia by Urdaneta — Action at Boca Chica — Marino defeated at San Carlos — First Battle at Carabobo — Rout of the Patriots at La Puerta — Capitulation of Valencia — D'Eluyar raises the Siege of Puerto-Cabello — Bolívar evacuates Caracas — Entrenches Himself at Aragua — Retreats to Barcelona — Capture of Aragua by Morales — Bolívar is accused of Treachery — Retires to Curaçoa — Repulse of Morales at Maturin — Massacre at Curnaná — Rout of the Patriots at Urica — Death of Boves — Capture of Maturin by Morales — Death of Rivas — The Last Patriot Army under Urdaneta seeks Refuge in New Granada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XL. | ||
| THE DISSOLUTION OF NEW GRANADA. | ||
| 1815—1817. | ||
| The Fall of Constitutional Government in Spain — Jealousy of Native Troops — Bolívar takes Command of the Army of New Granada — Capture of Bogotá — Fresh Honours to Bolívar — Bolívar makes War on Cartagena— And retires to Jamaica — His Memorials — Morillo arrives from Spain with a Powerful Squadron, and takes Command of the Royalists — Miyares secures the Isthmus of Panamá — Morillo's Instructions — Reduction of the Island of Margarita — Loss of the San Pedro — Morillo occupies Caracas — And sails thence for Cartagena — Cartagena — The Siege of Cartagena — The Fortress and City are evacuated by the Patriots | ||
