. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. and falling on one of the pigsprobably wounded it, and when he stum-bled among them they squealed , no one was passing at the moment and his discovery was waited till the animals quieted down and then leaped over a low gardenfence into the street, only to beat a quick retreat on seeing a policeman makinghis round. The man soon passed and Diaz, much relieved, but almost exhaustedfrom fatigue, hastened to a house where he knew a horse, a servant and a guidewould be found. Arrived there, the thr
. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. and falling on one of the pigsprobably wounded it, and when he stum-bled among them they squealed , no one was passing at the moment and his discovery was waited till the animals quieted down and then leaped over a low gardenfence into the street, only to beat a quick retreat on seeing a policeman makinghis round. The man soon passed and Diaz, much relieved, but almost exhaustedfrom fatigue, hastened to a house where he knew a horse, a servant and a guidewould be found. Arrived there, the three, with loaded pistols, leaped into thesaddle and after evading a mounted patrol reached the outskirts of to his expectation he was not stopped at the city gates by the sentinels,on the contrary, the gate was open and unguarded and at full trot the partypassed through and then gallopped off along the road. He gathered together a smallforce, and here and there would have engage-ments, with varying success. But the brilliant triumphs of Miahuatlan and La. STAIRWAY TO THE CASTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC. GENERAL PORE I RIO DIAZ 139 Carbonera over the Austrians brought back to General Diaz all the lustre andfame that he had gained as the most prominent General of the country. Whilethe battles in themselves were eclipsed by many of his previous victories, theywere most notable for the indisputable establishment of republican supremacyin all the vast region of the South—the result of more than a year of untold andpersevering efforts. He again organized new troops and defeated Visoza in Tulcingo, State ofPuebla, on the 1st of October, 1865. He then went to La Providencia, andGeneral Juan Alvarez gave him some two hundred arms, and he again defeatedVisoza at Comitlipa, State of Guerrero, on the 4th of December, 1865. From Miahautlan, he marched to the City of Oaxaca, and while besiegingthe capital learned that the Imperial government had sent a column under com-mand of Baron L
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