CHAPTER XLIV.

THE WAR IN QUITO.

1821--1822.

Operations in the South of Columbia--Sucre--He leads an Expedition to Guayaquil--His Victory at Yahuachí--His Defeat at Ambato--Arrival of Murgeón from Spain--Bolívar marches on Quito with a Fresh Army--Battle of Bomboná--He retreats to Patia--San Martin sends a Contingent to aid Sucre--Manœuvres of the Opposing Armies--The Cavalry Affair at Rio Bamba--Battle of Pichincha--Surrender of Quito--Capitulation of Garcia and of the Pastusos--Prætorianism--Bolívar enters Quito in Triumph.....406