Barcelona, 13 July. The Colombians succeeded shot at the poor small lighter which brought the Spanish captain general Caro to his new destination and forced her to fled into a port near Alicante. The Colombians were at that moment ruling the Spanish seas. Letters coming from Havana dated 1 June and published in the newspaper l’Oracle reported the cruising in the waters there of Colombian warships namely the 28-gun la Ceres, the 18-gun la Confianza and the 18-gun el Vencedor and further more privateers like the la Zulma and the la Isabel and others.
