Fénix 10, 203-234

228 FENIX 1 left in the vecinity of Pisco, and galloped on myself to Lima. The Enemy only made his appearance twjce a t Camana and Caraveli. 1 shall sny nothing of Canterac's occcipation of Lima or retreat, 317 but will now comrnence with "se affairs of tbe day 118. Riva-Agüero has about 3000 men in Trujillo, half of them armed -to- lerably well clothed and paid- indifferent officers and worse chiefs attached to him soIely in order to retain the great promotions al1 have received. Neither him nor Herrera (his General in Chief) 119 have any other sort of Partisans. Neither of .tl~em are suspected t o possess talents. Their vaenity and ambition seems t e have been their only guide. Nevertheless they have not forgotten, accordit~gto reports, to well fether their nests. T h e Libertador 120 has about 5100 Colombians and 600 Peruvians near Huaras in merch t o attack Riva-Agüero, who has refused al1 terms of accomo- dation, aad is reported to have entered into a correspondence with the Spa- niards. Xo prevenf the escape of Riva-Agüero two vessels of war are watching the places of embarcation. 1200 Buenos Ayres troops commanded by Gral. Martinez 121, a s'crong Batallion of Columbians, and about 300 Peruvians, garrison Callao and Lima. Two or three Montonera parties with 200 veterans are in the nseighbour- hood of Yca. 2000 good Chilenian troops and 500 Peruvians, being the remnents of the Asmy of Sta. Cruz a t Arica, are dayly expected here. Perhaps Admira1 Guise 122, in the frigate Prolector, rnay convoy them from Puertos Intermedios. The total force of the Spaniards does not exceed 12.000. Loriga 123 has about 1400 ir. tbe p r ~ i n c e of Gauja. Canterac rnay bave 4000, supposed to bc near Gusco, marching to the rorthward. Valdez, with the same force, more or less, occupies the Province of Are- quipa, being liímself, with about half his strength, near Tacna. Olaiíeta, with 1500, has marched to re-occupy La Paz, Bruro, Potosi, etc., having distroyed about a 1000 patriot soldiers, who Sta. Cruz left with Lanza 124 a t the time he commenced his disastrous retreat. Urdininea, 125 who was advancing with 500 rnen from Salta to co- operate with Sta. Cruz, appears to have been slopped by the dissent~onswhicsh prtvail in those parts. The political state of Peru is as bad as it can well be. Torre Tagle 126, although a good man, is not the fittest in the world for steering a vessel in a Jurie, 1823. As of November, 1823. See note 104. Riva Agiiero had fled to Trujillo a t the end of June, Bolívar, who had arrived a t Callao on 1 Septernbet. Enrique Martínez. Martin George Guise See note 72. José Miguel Lanza. José María Pérez á e Urciininea. José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, r,ow norninally President of Peru. Fénix: Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú. N.10, 1954