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in command, on the 24th of November 1813. 

 Carrera, at first, refused to resign his com- 

 mand ; but the army declaring for O'Hig- 

 gins, he was obliged to yield ; and on his 

 way afterwards to Santiago, he and his 

 brother Lewis were taken prisoners by a 

 detachment of royalists, and conveyed to 

 Chilian. Gainza, the new royalist com- 

 mander, attempted some operations, but 

 was repulsed with loss by O'Higgins and 

 M'Kenna, on the 19th and 20th of March 

 1814. He then planned an attack upon 

 Santiago, but this he was compelled to 

 abandon ; and he then retired to Talca, 

 which town he had previously taken. His 

 communication however with Chilian was 

 intercepted by O'Higgins. 



Another revolution now took place at 

 Santiago, in consequence of the capture of 

 Talca by the royalists being attributed to 

 the misconduct of the Junta ; and Captain 

 Hillyar, of his Britannic Majesty's frigate 



