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... besieged , he ad- vanced in order of battle against their forces , which were posted on the shore of the Mapocho . There the battle was again renewed , and con- tested with equal valour , but with great disad- vantage on the part of the ...
... besieged , he ad- vanced in order of battle against their forces , which were posted on the shore of the Mapocho . There the battle was again renewed , and con- tested with equal valour , but with great disad- vantage on the part of the ...
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... besieged , attacking them upon every oc- casion that offered , and cutting off their pro- visions in such a manner , that they were com- pelled to subsist upon unwholesome and loath- some viands , and on the little grain which they ...
... besieged , attacking them upon every oc- casion that offered , and cutting off their pro- visions in such a manner , that they were com- pelled to subsist upon unwholesome and loath- some viands , and on the little grain which they ...
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... besieged from two cannon and six field pieces . But perceiving that he lost a great number of men , he resolved to turn the assault into a blockade , expecting to reduce the place by famine . After various unsuccessful sallies , in ...
... besieged from two cannon and six field pieces . But perceiving that he lost a great number of men , he resolved to turn the assault into a blockade , expecting to reduce the place by famine . After various unsuccessful sallies , in ...
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... besiege them , committed to Lautaro the care of defending the northern frontier . The young Vice Toqui fortified himself upon the lofty mountain of Mariguenu , situated on the road which leads to the province of Arauco , supposing , as ...
... besiege them , committed to Lautaro the care of defending the northern frontier . The young Vice Toqui fortified himself upon the lofty mountain of Mariguenu , situated on the road which leads to the province of Arauco , supposing , as ...
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... besieged by Cau- polican , demanded succours of the governor , who , notwithstanding his late losses , failed not to send them , with all possible speed , a sufficient number of troops for their defence . The Arau- canian general ...
... besieged by Cau- polican , demanded succours of the governor , who , notwithstanding his late losses , failed not to send them , with all possible speed , a sufficient number of troops for their defence . The Arau- canian general ...
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admapu Angol ANN RADCLIFFE Antiguenu appeared appointed Arau Araucanians Arauco Archipelago arms arrival attack Author battle besieged Bio-bio Boards Brit called Canete canians Caupolican cavalry CHAP chief Chili Chilian Chiloé civil Colocolo command containing Copiapo Crit Cujo death defeated Don Garcia enemy English Engravings European expedition favour foolscap 8vo fortress garrison give governor Grammar History horse Huilliches hundred illustrated Indians inhabitants island Jago killed language large vols Lautaro LINDLEY MURRAY Lumaco manner Maúle military mountains nation natives neral nians notwithstanding observed occasion officers Osorno particles peace Pedro Pehuenches person Peru Peruvians Plates POEMS possess present Price 12s principal prisoners Promaucians provinces Puelches Puren rendered retired river ROBERT SOUTHEY royal Second Edition sent settlements shore siege soldiers Spain Spaniards tained tenses thousand tion Toqui tribes troops Tucapel Ulmenes Valdivia valiant valour verb Villagran Volume whence
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Page 388 - F., Travels in South America, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; containing a description of the Captain-Generalship of Caraccas, and an account of the discovery, conquest, topography, legislature, commerce, finance, and natural productions of the country; with a view of the manners and customs of the Spaniards and the native Indians, translated from the French, two volumes, London, 1807.
Page 193 - A detachment of cavalry was immediately sent under the guidance of this spy, and at day break made prisoner of that great man, but not till after a gallant resistance from ten of his most faithful soldiers, who would not abandon him. His wife, who never ceased exhorting him to die rather than surrender, on seeing him taken, indignantly threw towards him his infant son, saying, she would retain nothing that belonged to a coward. The detachment returned to the city amidst the rejoicings of the populace,...
Page 160 - There was one province, the population of which amounted, it is said, "to twelve thousand persons, of which number, not more than one hundred escaped with life." In accordance with the settlement enjoined by Valdivia, two officers of note, Alderete and one Francis Aiguirre, had precedence of Villagran in the government, but their absence at the time of the first viceroy's decease, left him without a rival. The return of Aiguirre to Chili threatened to involve...