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IN THE SOUTH-WEST.
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Prieto holding Tehuantepec since the middle of 1865, and making it a base for operations in this vicinity till the autumn of the following year.[1] Westward, among the Miztecs, the Austrians helped to hold several points, especially along the valley of the Atoyac, and round Tlajiaco. spring several advantages, notably at Jamiltepec and Putla,[2] and he thereupon turned his attention more

Battle of Miahuatlan.

Explanation of plan:

Light rectangles with numbers designate the republicans, and black lines with letters the imperialists.
1. First position of General Diaz. 5, 6. Advance of republicans.
2. Second position of General Diaz. A. First position of imperialists.
3. First position of republicans. B. Second position of imperialists.
4. Second position of republicans. C. Final position of imperialists
D. Dispersion of imperialists.
The column in the upper left corner represents the commemorative monument raised on the adjoining hill.

directly to cutting off communication between Oajaca and Puebla, a task already undertaken with some effect by General Figueroa,[3] who in June had occu-

  1. When he died from fever, after a severe defeat near Juchitan in Sept., from which only 50 escaped to Tehuantepec, says Iglesias. See also Le Saint, Guerre, 155-6.
  2. Miahuatlan, Ejutla, and other places had risen for the republican cause early in the year.
  3. After seizing Villa Alta in Dec. 1865, this indefatigable aid of Diaz had