los, although leaving a record for brilliant feats rather than great achievements. The wide-spread grief for his loss was manifested by comrades in a terrible reprisal on royalist prisoners, of whom over 200 were executed, and by an admiring posterity in honors to his name, which is preserved notably in that of the gulf port.[1] Morelos retired to the fastnesses in Tecpan with the remnant of his once imposing army, there to consider his crushing misfortunes.[2]
Calleja's plans had been succeeding, and this last stroke practically opened to him the gates to the hitherto impenetrable south. It merited his substantial approval,[3] and he hastened to take advantage of it by ordering a relentless pursuit of the dispersed bands, and the shooting of all who had heretofore failed to submit.[4] Reënforcements were summoned to Mexico from the comparatively quiet Puebla, ready for any movement, and Lieutenant-colonel Armijo replaced Daoiz in the command of the Cuernavaca troops, with instructions to march on Chilpancingo. This energetic officer crossed the Mescala January 21st, despite the opposition of Guerrero, outflanked and defeated Victor Bravo,[5] and thereupon proceeded unhindered toward the seat of the congress, assisted not a little by the consternation created by his sudden advance.
- ↑ Izúcar, not far from his early pastoral field, also adopted the name, and the congress inscribed his name among national heroes. Morelos, Declaracion, vii. 30, 61, admits ordering the shooting of 203 prisoners in reprisal. See also Rosa, in Pap. Far., xlii. pt viii. 31; Diario de Rayon, 651.
- ↑ Bustamante declares that he warned him against going further for conquests, instead of assuring his southern acquisitions. Cuadro, ii. 409, 417, 420-1; Id., Elogio, 20-1. See also Negrete, Mex. Siglo XIX., vi. 95 et seq.; Liceaga, Adic., 247-52.
- ↑ Brigadier Llano's services were proclaimed, and his soldiers and the garrison at Valladolid received a badge for the left arm, with the inscription 'Valor y fidelidad,' etc. Gaz. de Mex., 1814, v. 188. Iturbide having just been promoted could not expect further reward at the time, but his fame spread far and wide. Bishop Abad failed not, however, in praising him, to hint with prophetic spirit that so ambitious a person might become dangerous to the royalists!
- ↑ The mere fact of their having formed part of Morelos' army sufficed to condemn them. Id., 112.
- ↑ Who lost 95 prisoners out of a force of 500. Id., 148-50.
