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however, unable to overcome the difficulties 

 which enveloped the cause of the royalists 

 in Peru, requested an armistice ; which was 

 agreed to by San Martin, and hostilities 

 were suspended for two months. Various 

 propositions were again made, but no ar- 

 rangement could be effected, and the ar- 

 mistice was again broken. 



At length, on the 6th July 1821, the Vice- 

 roy marched out of Lima with ail his troops, 

 nominating the Marquess of Monteniire as 

 governor of the city ; and on the 1 2th, San 

 Martin entered the capital. The royalists 

 retained possession of Callao, which, how- 

 ever, was blockaded both by sea and land. 

 On the 20th of July, the independence of 

 Peru was formally proclaimed. On the 3d 

 of August, San Martin issued a proclamar 

 tion, notiiying that he had assumed the title 

 of Protector of Peru, and that the supreme 

 political and military authority was vested 



