Note XIX-32 — Chapter XIX · DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN SALVADOR. 1865-1885.

Gonzalez said that during the negotiations there were 2,300 men in Ahuachapan and 2,000 in Santa Ana; of the latter only one half were well armed. The Guatemalans had every advantage—numbers, arms, discipline, and abundant resources of every kind. They had but few desertions, whereas from the Salv. ranks there had been many. Barrios' army on entering Santa Ana exceeded 9,000 men. Salv. still had a chance of obtaining honorable terms. If these were refused, she could, after providing for the defense of the capital, concentrate the remainder of her forces in Santa Ana, and trust to the chances of a battle. Gonzalez, Rel. de los Hechos Ocurr., 1-18, in Pap. Var., ccxxvii. no. 14.