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CHILI. 



with Colonel Freyre on the means most effectual 

 towards expelling the enemy from the south of 

 Chili, and freeing the country from future incur- 

 sions, I availed myself of the assistance of that 

 zealous and active officer ; who supplied me, on 

 the 28th ult., with the troops and other assist- 

 ance I required. The CHiggins, Intrepid brig, 

 and Montezuma schooner, sailed with a fair wind, 

 and on the 2d inst. arrived at the preconcerted 

 rendezvous, ten leagues to the southward of Val- 

 divia. All the troops were then embarked in the 

 small vessels ; and, leaving the CHiggins out- 

 side, we stood in for the Aguada Ingles, where 

 we anchored at a moderate distance from the bat- 

 tery and fort of San Carlos. The troops were 

 disembarked at sunset ; but this was not effected 

 before the castle commenced a fire upon us ; and, 

 in consequence of the heavy surf retarding the 

 disembarkation, the enemy gained time to collect 

 a considerable force behind the precipices which 

 line the beach. 



" Nevertheless, the marines of the O'Higgins 

 and Intrepid, with the military, having reached 

 the shore, put the enemy to flight ; and, pursuing 



