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they did not surrender he was to attack them and put them all
to the sword. At eight o'clock that night I received informa-
tion from Lieutenant la Hoz advising me that he had overtaken
the enemy at a place called "Los Corrales" and that they had
taken refuge in a mot called "El Perdido," but that he had
surrounded them and that Colonel Perry and Major Gordon, who
commanded them, replied to the demand for surrender that they
would not under any circumstances surrender, that they had
rather die-which they finally did. For this reason, I ordered
La Hoz to hold his circle carefully during the night and, at break
of day, to attack them and to give no quarter to any one save
those who threw down their arms and surrendered. However, the
enemy did not await this move. They opened fire upon our center
before daylight with great fury, no doubt for the purpose of
breaking the circle. As a matter of fact, they saw that the greater
part of our guns would not fire. They redoubled their efforts to
such an extent that on two occasions they bent back our center.
But by eight o'clock at night, seeing that Travieso had not arrived,
I made my plans. I sent Lieutenant Jos6 Salinas with forty men
who had been worn out and had remained behind but who had
now joined me, instructing him to travel all night and go to the
help of La Hoz. This reinforcement reached him at an opportune
moment just when the enemy was pressing in upon him. They
were attacked with great fury and driven to a hill near a water-
fall, where they fell victims to our arms. Twenty-six men lay
dead on the battlefield and we captured fourteen prisoners. Twelve
of them were wounded, some of them with three or four balls.
Among those killed were Colonel Perry and Major Gordon. The
first named fell as soon as he was wounded. He killed himself
with his own pistol. The second while trying to escape on horse-
back, was killed by a saber cut at the hands of Alf rez Fernando
Rodriguez.
The poor condition of our arms more than the obstinacy of the
enemy-for their force was inferior to ours-has caused me to
mourn the loss of a corporal and three soldiers of this garrison
and a settler at Bahia. The Lieutenant in command, Francisco
de la Hoz, a corporal, a drummer and five soldiers were wounded.
Among the soldiers from Bahia was the Lieutenant of Militia,
Jos6 Guadalupe de los Santos, as well as certain citizens of Bahia.
These were only slightly wounded.232
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