APPENDIX A. 



GENERAL MILLER, AND THE FOREIGN OFFICERS WHO SERVED 

 m THE PATRIOT ARMIES OF CHILE AND PERU, BETWEEN 

 1817 AND 1830. 



When the war of independence broke out in South America, many gallant 

 spirits were attracted from different countries of Europe to fight for liberty 

 and justice against Spanish oppression. Fired with enthusiasm for the 

 cause of liberty, these knights errant, many of whom had been distin- 

 guished in the wars of Najxileon and Wellington, went forth to risk their 

 lives for an idea. That they were in earnest is proved by the fact that, 

 out of the whole number of sixty-seven, as many as twenty-five were killed 

 or drowned, and eighteen were wounded. 



In this band of brave adventurers, next perhaps to Lord Dundonald, the 

 late General Miller takes the most prominent place, as one of the ablest, the 

 truest, and the best. There is a halo of romance round all who joined in 

 this crusade for liberty ; all passed through many strange adventures, and 

 did honour to the land from which they hailed ; but the lamented old 

 warrior who went to his rest last year was pre-eminent amongst his 

 gallant companions, for his many acts of chivalrous daring and bravery. 



William Miller, a native of Kent, served in the British Field Train 

 Department of the Royal Artillery, during the Peninsular war, under Lord 

 Wellington. He was present at the sieges and storming of Ciudad Piodrigo, 

 Badajoz, and San Sebastian, at the battle of Vittoria, and investment of 

 Bayonne. He had charge of a company of Sappers and Miners in the 

 American war, was within a few yards of General Ross when he received 

 his death-wound near Baltimore, and was also present at the attack upon 

 New Orleans in 1814. 



In 1817, having been placed on half-pay, and tired of an inactive life, he 

 proceeded to South America, and offered his services in the war against 

 the Spaniards. He was appointed Captain of artillery by the Government 

 of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, crossed the Andes into Chile, 

 and saved two pieces of artillery, under a heavy fire, at the battle of Talca, 

 in March 1818. In April he became a Major, and assisted with his regi- 

 ment at the declaration of Chilian independence on Sei^tember 18th, 1818. 

 In 1819 he commanded the Marines in Lord Cochrane's squadron, and in 

 March an explosion of gunpowder, on the island of San Lorenzo, in Callao 

 Bay, shattered one of his hands to pieces, injured his face, and caused 

 blindness for many days. In Octolicr he was again at the head of his 



