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NARRATIVE,

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OF THE

EXPEDITION

WHICH

SAILED FROM ENGLAND IN 1817,

TO JOIN THE

SOUTH AMERICAN PATRIOTS;

COMPRISING

EVERY

PARTICULAR

CONNECTED WITH ITS FORMATION, HISTORY,

AND FATE; WITH OBSERVATIONS AND AUTHENTIC INFORMATION
ELUCIDATING THE REAL CHARACTER OF THE CONTEST,
MODE OF WARFARE, STATE OF THE ARMIES, &c.

BY JAMES HACKETT,

First Lieutenant of the late Venezuela Artillery Brigade.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

1818.

Printed by W. CLOWES,. Northumberland-court, Strand, London.

INTRODUCTION.

IN submitting the following Narrative to the public attention, I should feel myself liable to the charge of presumption, were not the occurrences to which it refers immediately connected with an enterprise deeply involving the welfare and safety of a large number of my countrymen.

Already enthusiasm, seductive promises, or disappointed hopes, have induced a considerable number to embark for the purpose of attaching their fortunes to that of the South American Independents; and of those a great proportion have either actually perished, or, unable to procure the

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