Jose Allende, an officer in the Spanish army, of Mexican birth, to whom Hidalgo first intrusted his plan of revolt in September, 1810. Allende was at that time a captain of the Mexican regiment of La Reyna, and brought to the service the military skill of which Hidalgo was so much in need. When the regiment of La Reyna and that of Celaya joined Hidalgo, the native levies gained some consistency, and in the same month achieved the famous capture of the Alhondega of Guanajuato. After Nov. 29, 1810, Allende joined Hidalgo, and was able to replace the guns which had previously been lost at Aculco, by bringing others from San Blas, the great naval station of Spain on the Pacific, of which Morelos had obtained possession. Contrary to the advice of Allende, Hidalgo determined to fight the enemy, and was defeated. Allende brought off the fragment of the army, but was arrested near Saltillo by the treachery of an old comrade named Elizondo, and shot at Chihuahua, July 27, 1811.