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CHAPTER VII. | ||
THE CHILENO-ARGENTINE REVOLUTION. | ||
1810—1811. | ||
Chilian and Argentine Society compared — Martinez Rozas — Popular Excitement — Loss of Power by Governor Carrasco — The South of Chile — O'Higgins — Deposition of Carrasco — Establishment of a Junta — Resemblances of the Two Revolutions — Argentine-Chilian Alliance — Freedom of Commerce — Mutiny in Santiago — Installation of the First General Congress — Defeat of the Radicals — Rozas at Concepcion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER VIII. | ||
PROGRESS AND FALL OF THE CHILIAN REVOLUTION. | ||
1811—1814. | ||
The Three Carreras — A New Junta — Dissolution of Congress — Armed Protest by Rozas — Valdivia — The First Newspaper — Death of Rozas — The Chilian Flag — Carrera again Dictator — Abascal — Pareja lands at Valdivia— Battle of San Carlos — Siege of Chillán — O'Higgins made General-in-Chief — Argentine Auxiliaries — Arrival of Gainza — Lastra named Supreme Director — Capture of Talca — Mackenna at Membrillar — Defence of Quecheraguas — Mediation of the British Commodore — Treaty of Lircay — The Carreras again in Power — Invasion of Osorio — Siege of Rancagua — Flight of O'Higgins and Carrera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER IX. | ||
CUYO. | ||
1814—1815. | ||
The District of Cuyo — Policy of San Martin — Reception of Chilian Refugees — Trouble with Carrera — Fall of Alvear — Cuyo becomes an Independant State — Self-sacrifice of the People of Cuyo — Revenues of Cuyo — Characteristics of San Martin — Anecdotes of San Martin — Royalist Successes — The Banquet at Mendoza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER X. | ||
THE SPY SYSTEM OF THE PATRIOTS. | ||
1815—1816. | ||
The Restoration of Spanish Domination in Chile — Cruelties of the Royalists — Nationalist Reaction — The Plans of Abascal — San |