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Alphonso of Ulloa led the Neapolitan brigade of nine companies, amounting to three thousand two hundred and thirty men; Sancho of Lodogno commanded the Milan brigade, three thousand two hundred men in ten companies; the Sicilian brigade, with the same number of companies, and consisting of sixteen hundred men, was under Julian Romero, an experienced warrior, who had already fought on Belgian ground.
Admiral Baudin; a French veteran of the Napoleonic period, was very sarcastic over the uncertainties of action of the steamers accompanying his sailing frigates, when he attacked Fort San Juan de Ulloa, off Vera Cruz in 1839; and since writing these words I have come across the following quotation, of several years later, from the London Guardian, which is republishing some of its older news under the title "'Tis Sixty Years Since."
As early as 1531 there were vague reports of a large river, the mouth of which was closed by the Amerinds living there by means of a huge cable stretched across from side to side. There may also have been other rumours of a large river besides the surmises of the Ulloa party. At any rate, Alarcon and Coronado fully expected to be in touch much of the time.
Some of the younger men, however, were becoming restive under the implied or overt insults of the officers and soldiery, and there were occasional quarrels which might develop into something more serious. It was at this time that the French inhabitants of New Orleans rose and drove out the Spanish governor, Ulloa; and Du Chatelet remarked that it was "a good example for the English colonies."
It was a man, one of the upstairs lodgers. ''Ulloa! he said, ''oo's there? 'Mr. 'Odges! Strikes me, you did give me a turn; I was just goin' aht. She blushed to her hair, but in the darkness he could see nothing. 'Good night, she said, and went out.
With this description of those high plains upon the north side of the line, let us compare what D. Ulloa has said upon the same subject in describing the continuation of that high country to the south. I shall give it from the best French translation.
"Faith, gentlemen, that is exactly the case with me," interrupted the major, "for I was in so many, that if I had the memory of a Sampson I could not keep them all at my tongue's end, though I remember well enough what a buffeting we got at the storming of San Juan de Ulloa.
'Arright, Liza, he answered, and added, almost to himself: 'God bless yer! ''Ulloa, Blakeston, ain't you comin'? said Harry, seeing that Jim was walking off with his wife instead of joining him and Tom. 'Na, he answered, 'I'm goin' 'ome. I've got ter be up at five ter-morrer.
Bancroft left the Department, Farragut renewed his application, expressing a decided opinion that the castle of San Juan de Ulloa could be taken either by artillery attack or by escalade; offering to undertake the task with the Pennsylvania and two sloops-of-war.
"Such an act was not in accordance with our will," observed the Queen. "But go on, Master Drake." "Reaching the Gulf of Mexico, the squadron was compelled to seek shelter in the port of San Juan del Ulloa. At first the Spaniards believed that we were part of a fleet they were expecting, and were in great consternation when, coming on board, they discovered their mistake.
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