as the first line is cut down, the second occupies \ 

 lis place, and then the third, until they finally 

 succeed in breaking the front ranks of the enemy. 

 In the midst of their fury they nevertheless pre- 

 serve the strictest order, and perform all the 

 evolutions directed by their officers. The most 

 terrible of them are the club-bearers, who, like 

 so many Herculeses, destroy with their iron- 

 pointed maces all they meet in their way.* 



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The people of Chili, the bravest and most active among 

 the Americans, ought to be excepted from this observation ; 

 they attack their enemies iii the open field ; their troops .are 

 disposed in regular order, and their battalions advance to 

 action not only with courage but with discipline. The North 

 Americans, although many of them have substituted the fire- 

 arms of Europe in place of their bows and arrows, are not- 

 withstanding still attached to their ancient manner of making 

 war, and carry it on according to their own system ; but the 

 Chilians resemble the warlike nations of Europe and Asia in ^ 



their military opeizXions.-^Rol'ertson's History of -<^aertf^ 

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