The third division of the Cuzco army, commanded by Mariano Angulo, Mendoza, and Bejar, marched on Huamanga, their progress as far as Andahuaylas being greeted by the people along the route with demonstrations of great joy, and the prospect appearing favorable for the capture of Jauja and Tarma. In Huancavelica they were also well received, by this time occupying all central Peru and cutting off the capital from communication with the royalist forces of Pezuela and Ramirez. The viceroy sent Colonel Vicente Gonzalez to meet them, and a battle took place at Huanta, the royalists gaining the day after seven hours’ fighting, during which the streets and suburbs of Huanta were filled with the dead and wounded. Bejar, Angulo, and Mendoza returned to Andahuaylas for reinforcements,—which were supplied by the patriots of Abancay and other towns,—and then prepared to march on Huamanga. Meantime, word was received of the victories of General Ramirez over the two other divisions of the Cuzco army and of the advance of his men on Abancay. Through treachery, Mariano Angulo and Bejar fell into the hands of the enemy and Mendoza was killed. The triumph of the royalists, who thus succeeded in putting down a revolution that had extended from one end of Peru to the other, threatening the very gates of the capital, was celebrated by condemning to death all the leaders, Pumacagua being hanged and his companions shot. In this courageous campaign, initiated by patriots representing every social class—an Indian, _mestizos_, and a _criollo_ priest—the noble mission had levelled all ranks; the spirit of democracy had triumphed over caste; the proudest families of Peru mourned the loss of their sons, sacrificed for the cause of their country. A brilliant young poet of Arequipa, Mariano Melgar, was shot on the battlefield, and more than a hundred captives were cruelly murdered in Puno, among them, Miguel Paschal San Roman, the father of a future president of Peru.