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CHILI. 



CHAPTER II. 

 CHILI. 



NOTICE OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN CHILI GENERAL SAN 



MARTIN— ARRIVAL OF LORD COCHRANE. 



Chili first threw ofF the Spanish yoke in July 

 I8IO5 but the national Independence was not ful- 

 ly established till April 1818. During the inter- 

 mediate period, the dissensions of the different 

 parties ; their disputes as to the form of govern- 

 ment, and the law of election ; with other distract- 

 ing causes, arising out of the ambition of turbu- 

 lent individuals, and the inexperience of the whole 

 nation in political affairs ; so materially retarded 

 the union of the country, that the Spaniards, by 

 sending expeditions from Peru, were enabled, in 

 1814, to regain their lost authority in Chili. 



Meanwhile the Government of Buenos Ayres, 



