DEFEAT OF THE ROYALISTS. 409 



invaded the province of Monte Video with 

 ten thousand men, under the command of 

 Le Cor, one part of whose troops took the 

 road of Las Missiones de los Guaranies, 

 whilst the other took possession of Santa 

 Teresa, Rocha, San Carlos, and Maldonado ; 

 at which latter port Le Cor established his 

 head-quarters in December 1816. Artigas 

 opposed the Portuguese, but Le Cor suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining possession of Monte 

 Video on the 20th of January 1817. 



About the middle of January 1817, the 

 division of the army of Buenos-Ayres, which 

 had been for some time stationed on the 

 frontiers of Chili, crossed the Andes ; and 

 after defeating the royalists in several ac- 

 tions, took possession of the provinces of 

 that captain- generalship. 



Chili, consisting of the provinces of Co- 

 piapo, Coquimbo, Guasco, Quillota, Acon- 

 cagua, Santiago, Melipilla, Valparaiso, Ran- 

 cagua, Talca, Chilian, Laxa, and Concepcion 



