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| CHAPTER VII. | |
| HIDALGO'S MARCH TOWARD THE CAPITAL. | |
| 1810. | |
| Military Preparation of Venegas — Action of the Church and Inquisition — Hidalgo's Reply — He Abolishes Slavery — His Administrative Measures at Guanajuato — A Refractory Ayuntamiento — Hidalgo Establishes a Mint — Marches against Valladolid — Additional Reënforcements — Hidalgo's Treasury — The Insurgents Move toward Mexico — Trujillo Despatched to Oppose their Advance — Trujillo's Character — Iturbide's Biography — Trujillo's Movements — The Battle of Las Cruces — The Royalists Force their Way Out — Their Defeat Regarded as a Triumph — Alarm in the Capital — Another Sacred Banner — Hidalgo Perplexed. | 158 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION. | |
| 1810. | |
| Calleja's Preparations — His Biography — Engagement at Querétaro — Calleja Joins Forces with Flon — Chavez Repulsed at Querétaro — Calle ja's Movements — The Dispersion of the Insurgents at Aculco — Calleja Returns to Querétaro — Character of Torres — Defensive Measures of Abarca in Jalisco — Insurgent Operations in Jalisco — Engagement at La Barca — The Royalists Defeated at Zacoalco — Guadalajara Surrenders to Torres — Mercado Gains Possession of San Blas — Revolution in Zacatecas — Flight of the Europeans — An Unfortunate Intendente — Iriarte enters Zacatecas — The Commission of Doctor Cos — A Daring Scheme — San Luis Potosi Won by an Insurgent Friar — A Treacherous Visitor — San Luis Sacked. | 192 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| THE ROYALISTS RECAPTURE GUANAJUATO. | |
| 1810. | |
| Allende Returns to Guanajuato — Preparations for Defence — The First Attack — Calleja's Plan — He Takes Allende's Batteries — Calleja, the Avenger — His Proclamation — An Execution Scene in the Alhóndiga — A General Pardon Extended — The Government Reorganized — Calleja Marches for Guadalajara — Hidalgo at Valladolid — And at the Cerro del Molcajete — Hidalgo's Reception at Guadalajara — Establishes a Government — Rayon's Biography — Letona's Mission and Death — The 'Dispertador Americano' and Printing-press — Preparations for War. | 216 |
