An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 62i ADMINISTEATION OF military experience. The ostensible object of this movement was avoyage to California, and many, it is said, enlisted under this assur-ance. The business was conducted with a secrecy, which pre-vented the knowledge of the American government, and eluded thevigilance of the Spanish consuls. N the 19th of May, just before daylight, GeneralLopez lande
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 62i ADMINISTEATION OF military experience. The ostensible object of this movement was avoyage to California, and many, it is said, enlisted under this assur-ance. The business was conducted with a secrecy, which pre-vented the knowledge of the American government, and eluded thevigilance of the Spanish consuls. N the 19th of May, just before daylight, GeneralLopez landed his forces at Cardenas, a small townin the northeastern portion of the island. A com-bat ensues between the invaders and the garrison^and results in the defeat of the latter. The Gov-ernor is taken prisoner, the palace plundered, andthe public money seized. But this triumph is of short dura-tion. About daylight, a body of Spanish troops appear, march-ing upon the town, when the invaders demand to be recon-ducted to their vessels, in which they make the best of theirway towards the coast of the United States, reaching Key West justin time to escape a Spanish war-steamer sent to pursue them. Someof the party being left behind, are captured a
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