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Martin establishes Secret Agencies in Chile — His Spy System — Preparations of the Chilian Patriots — Marcó del Pont — Manuel Rodriguez — Brown and the Argentine Privateers — Loss of the Uribe — Capture of the Consequencia — Blockade of Callao — Attack on Guayaquil — Loss of the Trinidad — Return of the Squadron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XI. | ||
| THE IDEA OF THE PASSAGE OF THE ANDES. | ||
| 1815—1816. | ||
Opposition to the Plans of San Martin — He receives Permission to assume the Offensive — Also Supplies of Guns and War Material — Collects the Grenadiers — Balcarce Provisional Director — The Lodge in Mendoza — Tomas Guido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XII. | ||
| THE ARMY OF THE ANDES. | ||
| 1816—1817. | ||
Composition of the Army — Freeing the Slaves — Fray Beltran — The Arsenal — Powder Factory — Cloth Factory — Pueyrredón elected President — Declaration of Independence — Interview at Córdoba — Condarco — Maps of the Passes of the Andes — Concentration of the Army — The Function of the 17th January, 1817 — The Flag of the Army of the Andes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XIII. | ||
| THE PASSAGE OF THE ANDES. | ||
| 1817. | ||
The Southern Andes — Passes of the Andes — Stratagems of San Marfin — The Pehuenche Indians — Preparations of Marcó — Preparations at Mendoza — Pueyrredón — Detachments flanking the Main Army — Instructions from Government — The Sierra of Chacabuco — Occupation of Coquimbo by Cabot — Capture of Copiapó — Capture of Talca — March of the Main Army — The Affair at Pichueta — Capture of Achupallas — Juan Lavalle — Capture of the Guardia Vieja — Putaendo — Defeat of Atero — Concentration of the Army at the Foot of Chacabuco — The Judgment of Posterity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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