Memoirs of General Miller: In the Service of the Republic of Peru, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - Peru |
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... Valdez , near Tacna . - General Alvarado advances . Ameller's escape at Locumba . - Battle of Torata.— Moquegua . - Remnant of the patriot army embarks at Ilo.— Iquique . - Death of La Rosa and Taramona CHAPTER XVIII . Page 1 Colonel ...
... Valdez , near Tacna . - General Alvarado advances . Ameller's escape at Locumba . - Battle of Torata.— Moquegua . - Remnant of the patriot army embarks at Ilo.— Iquique . - Death of La Rosa and Taramona CHAPTER XVIII . Page 1 Colonel ...
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... Valdez , near Tacna - General Alvarado advances . - Ameller's escape at Locumba . - Battle of Torata.- Moquegua . - Remnant of the patriot army embarks at Ilo.— Iquique . - Death of La Rosa and Taramona . SEVERAL months before the ...
... Valdez , near Tacna - General Alvarado advances . - Ameller's escape at Locumba . - Battle of Torata.- Moquegua . - Remnant of the patriot army embarks at Ilo.— Iquique . - Death of La Rosa and Taramona . SEVERAL months before the ...
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... Valdez , on or near the coast of the Puertos Intermedios ; and three thousand or thereabouts with Olañeta , in the vicinity of Potosi ; besides a few detachments and skeletons of battalions in Cuzco , La Paz , and other garrisons . The ...
... Valdez , on or near the coast of the Puertos Intermedios ; and three thousand or thereabouts with Olañeta , in the vicinity of Potosi ; besides a few detachments and skeletons of battalions in Cuzco , La Paz , and other garrisons . The ...
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... Valdez , on the coast of the Intermedios , was the soul of the Spanish army : his * These communications were intercepted by Miller , on his landing at Quilca . activity , self - denial of every comfort , and CHAP . XVII . INTERCEPTED ...
... Valdez , on the coast of the Intermedios , was the soul of the Spanish army : his * These communications were intercepted by Miller , on his landing at Quilca . activity , self - denial of every comfort , and CHAP . XVII . INTERCEPTED ...
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... Valdez , and other chiefs who had served in the peninsular war . The mass of the population , however , was decidedly against the royalists ; so that , in spite of their efforts , the aspect of affairs seemed to indicate their speedy ...
... Valdez , and other chiefs who had served in the peninsular war . The mass of the population , however , was decidedly against the royalists ; so that , in spite of their efforts , the aspect of affairs seemed to indicate their speedy ...
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