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lowing year, till the opening of November, when he received a severe check in seeking to intercept a convoy from Oajaca.[1] It was the forerunner of the storm which was now about to burst upon him, as well as on the other leaders.
- ↑ In the cañada de los Naranjos, Samaniego actually captured Guerrero's silver table-service. Guerrero owed his life to Pablo de la Rosa. On the return of the train, a fortnight later, Guerrero again attacked it with better success; but as the royalists now combined in larger force, he retired toward Tlajiaco.
ticioso Gen., July 28th, August and October passim, Nov. 6th, 13th, Dec. 2, 1815; Jan. 22, Mar. 4, 8, May 10, 24, 1816; Mendíbil, Res., 242-8, 254-8; Carriedo, Estud. Oaj., ii. 32-3. Alaman, Hist. Méj., iv. 191-4, 256-9, gives less attention to him than to Teran and other chiefs. A rich convoy from Acapulco reached Mexico in safety in Dec., after three months' passage, a delay caused partly by prudent regard for insurgents, partly by bad roads.
