agu ay an ▁soldiers ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁fle e ▁during ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Camp ich uel o . ▁Bel gr ano ▁saw ▁Vel az co ' s ▁army ▁from ▁the ▁M ba é ▁hill , ▁and ▁despite ▁being ▁greatly ▁out number ed , ▁he ▁ordered ▁an ▁attack , ▁trust ing ▁in ▁the ▁moral ▁strength ▁of ▁his ▁soldiers . ▁When ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Par agu ar í ▁started , ▁the ▁patri ots ▁briefly ▁held ▁the ▁upper ▁hand , ▁but ▁eventually ▁Vel az co , ▁with ▁superior ▁numbers , ▁pre va iled . ▁Even ▁with ▁ 1 0 ▁death s ▁and ▁ 1 2 0 ▁soldiers ▁taken ▁prisoner , ▁Bel gr ano ▁wanted ▁to ▁continue ▁the ▁fight , ▁but ▁his ▁officials ▁convinced ▁him ▁to ▁retre at . ▁ ▁The ▁army ▁left ▁for ▁T acu ar í , ▁being ▁closely ▁watched ▁by ▁the ▁combined ▁arm ies ▁of ▁Y eg ros ▁and ▁Cab añ as . ▁Those ▁two ▁arm ies ▁had ▁nearly ▁three ▁thousand ▁soldiers , ▁while ▁Bel gr ano ▁had ▁bare ly ▁four ▁hundred . ▁They ▁were ▁attacked ▁from ▁many ▁sides ▁during ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁T acu ar í , ▁on ▁ 9 ▁March . ▁Great ly ▁out number ed ▁and ▁losing ▁an ▁une qual ▁fight , ▁Bel gr ano ▁refused ▁to ▁surrender . ▁He ▁re organ ised ▁the ▁remaining ▁ 2 3 5 ▁men ▁and ▁ordered ▁his ▁secretary ▁to ▁burn ▁all ▁his ▁documents ▁and ▁personal ▁papers ▁to ▁prevent ▁them ▁from ▁falling ▁into ▁enemy ▁hands . ▁Bel gr ano ▁arranged ▁for ▁the ▁troops ▁and ▁art illery