Note XVII-33 — Chapter XVII · END OF FILIBUSTERING IN CENTRAL AMERICA. 1856-1867.
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The allies discovered his flight early on the 19th. Several of his men were found asleep, and butchered. The allied commanders showed lack of generalship. Perez, Mem. Camp. Nac., 2d pt, 135-9. About this time the Cent. Americans experienced a serious blow in the loss of the Costa Rican schooner Once de Abril., which had on board 110 men, money, and a large supply of arms, ammunition, etc. After a heavy gale, she encountered the San José, alias Granada, and after two hours' fighting, caught fire and was destroyed. Most of the wrecked men were picked up by the San José. S. F. Alta, Dec. 20, 1856; S. F. Herald, Dec. 20, 1856; Sac. Union, Dec. 23, 1856.