Two hundred years ago, Ducoudray and others made landfall on the same strip of land where Goudreau’s men landed. On the northern crest of South America, they planned to clash with Spanish royalist forces. Ducoudray was seasoned. He had fought for Napoleon as an officer. He was taken prisoner in Cadiz, Spain.In 1814, he met Bolívar in Cartagena on the coast of Colombia and joined his cause. By Wesley Tomaselli. Full Text-> OXY