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Rh Cuernavaca, under Daoiz, who also extended his movements to the Mescala.

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