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ATTITUDE OF INSURGENTS.
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Cuernavaca, under Daoiz, who also extended his movements to the Mescala.[1]
We have seen but lately how the insurgent cause gained, if anything, by their bands being so scattered as to prevent the royalists from crushing them in one grand effort. Now, Calleja's plans, on the contrary, were destined to find no little support in the discord and lack of coöperation among the insurgents, which led to a series of false manœuvres and disastrous defeats. In this respect, Doctor Verdusco distinguished himself in Michoacan, the province assigned
Operations in Michoacan.
- ↑ At Vera Cruz the brusque brigadier de marina, Quevedo y Chieza, replaced Col. Soto and treated the people like sailors. Attached to Terreño's command were the sections of Olazábal and Monduy, the former guarding the Jalapa route from Puebla to Vera Cruz, the other the Orizaba line. Rivera, Hist. Jalapa, i. 401-3. Olazábal's force was the strongest united body at this time, embracing the regiments of Fernando VII., Zamora, Guanajuato, and another, with some dragoons of Spain and San Luis. Col. Águila had returned to Puebla after observing at Tehuacan Morelos' early movements. Tlascala, San Martin, and other points had strong garrisons. The troops from Spain were nearly all stationed in Vera Cruz and Puebla. Castillo y Bustamante's lines connected with Querétaro by means of bodies operating round Tula and San Juan del Rio, and under command of Col. Ordoñez and Linares respectively. For other officers and appointments, see Córtes, Diario, xx. 257-9, xxii. 207, 390; Gaz. de Mex., 1813, iv. 96, etc.; Córtes, Actas, i. 232, etc. For regulations to enforce discipline, etc., Gaz. de Mex., 1813, iv. 539-40, 87884, 1043-4, 1068, 1107-12, 1324-6; Mex. Col. Dec. y Órd., 111-12.
