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222 tJP THE URUGUAY RIVER.

Allies, and in due time, at 4 p.m. on September 18, the Paraguayan garrison, numbering without the sick 5103 officers and men, or a total of 6000, surrendered to His Imperial Majesty of the Brazil, who was accompanied by his sons-in-law their RR.HH. the Comte d^Eu and the Due de Saxe. The spoils of victory included 7 standards, 6 bouches a feu, 5000 stand of arms, 231,000 cartridges, and an altar with its furniture.

Thus in defeat and disgrace ended the corps of the Uruguay, and the first phase of the Paraguayan campaign, the aggressive. Adieu.