Memoirs of General Miller: In the Service of the Republic of Peru, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - Peru |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 75
Page ix
... enemy appeared , Alvarado thought it prudent to withdraw his troops to Asapa , a wide and open valley a league east of Arica . From these cautious measures , if indeed they could be termed merely cautious , the royalists began to ...
... enemy appeared , Alvarado thought it prudent to withdraw his troops to Asapa , a wide and open valley a league east of Arica . From these cautious measures , if indeed they could be termed merely cautious , the royalists began to ...
Page ix
... enemy's divisions being so widely scattered , and the situation of the patriots so favourable in every point of view , any plan the general chose to adopt would ensure success , provided it was an offensive one , either in the direction ...
... enemy's divisions being so widely scattered , and the situation of the patriots so favourable in every point of view , any plan the general chose to adopt would ensure success , provided it was an offensive one , either in the direction ...
Page 18
... enemy . Upon perceiving this movement , Valdez retired two leagues higher up the valley , to Pachia , almost un ... enemies , who halted eight hours to recover from their fatigues , and then con- tinued their march to Tarrata , fourteen ...
... enemy . Upon perceiving this movement , Valdez retired two leagues higher up the valley , to Pachia , almost un ... enemies , who halted eight hours to recover from their fatigues , and then con- tinued their march to Tarrata , fourteen ...
Page 20
... enemy in their official report . But the patriots were worsted , and Alvarado fell back upon Moquegua ( five leagues ) in the course of the night . He halted there in a state of great indecision until the 21st , when the battalions ...
... enemy in their official report . But the patriots were worsted , and Alvarado fell back upon Moquegua ( five leagues ) in the course of the night . He halted there in a state of great indecision until the 21st , when the battalions ...
Page 22
... enemy . The high- souled ambition of its youthful commandant , Don Pedro de la Rosa , did not a little tend to raise my expectations . He and Captains Tarramona ( who acted as major ) and Escobar and six subalterns were killed . They ...
... enemy . The high- souled ambition of its youthful commandant , Don Pedro de la Rosa , did not a little tend to raise my expectations . He and Captains Tarramona ( who acted as major ) and Escobar and six subalterns were killed . They ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
advance affairs Alvarado amongst Arequipa Arica arrived authority Ayacucho battalion battle battle of Ayacucho Bolivar Bolivian British Buenos Ayrean Buenos Ayres Callao Camaná Canterac Captain cause cavalry chamber Chile Chileno coast Colombian Colonel command congress constitution Coracora Cuzco division dollars enemy excellency executive favour force formed Gamarra gauchos governor Guamanga Guayaquil honour horses Huaras hundred Incas independence Indians infantry inhabitants José Junin laws leagues legislative liberating army liberty Lieutenant-Colonel Lima ment Miller montoneros mountain mules native night Ocoña officers Olañeta party patriots Peruvian political possession Potosi prefect president Price prisoners province Puno Quilca received republic retired retreat road royalists Salta Santa Cruz senate sent soldiers South America Spain Spaniards Spanish squadron Sucre supreme Tacna thousand tion took Torata town tribunal troops Truxillo Upper Peru Valdez valley Venezuela vessel viceroy Vols
Popular passages
Page 5 - Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, including all the latest Improvements. A general History of Agriculture in all Countries, and a Statistical View of its present State, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.
Page 12 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud. By T. BOWDLEB, Esq. FRS New Edition, in Volumes for the Pocket ; with 36 Wood Engravings, from Designs by Smirke, Howard, and other Artists.
Page 11 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W. PARKES.
Page 13 - Tenant's Right of Entering and Quitting Farms, explained by several Specimens of Valuations; with Remarks on the Cultivation pursued on Soils in different Situations. Adapted to the Use of Landlords, Land-Agents, Appraisers, Farmers, and Tenants. New Edition ; corrected and revised by JOHN DONALDSON.
Page 10 - NARRATIVE of a JOURNEY into KHORASAN; including some account of the Countries to the north-east of Persia ; with Remarks upon the National Character, Government, and Resources of that Kingdom.
Page 12 - MEMOIRS of MARY, QUEEN of SCOTS, with Anecdotes of the Court of HENRY the SECOND, during her Residence in France.
Page 467 - A republican government has been, is, and ought to be, that of Venezuela ; its basis ought to be the sovereignty of the people, the division of power, civil liberty, the prohibition of slavery, and the abolition of monarchy and privileges.
Page 5 - ENCYCLOPEDIA of AGRICULTURE: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo.
Page 474 - ... one another are the significant advantages that work in favor of royal authority, thereby rendering it almost unlimited. Consequently, the significance of these same advantages should serve to justify the necessity of investing the chief magistrate of a republic with a greater measure of authority than that possessed by a constitutional prince. A republican magistrate is an individual set apart from society, charged with checking the impulse of the people toward license and the propensity of...
Page 492 - Almighty has no attribute which can take sides with us, in such a contest." (A contest with insurgent slaves.) — Jefferson. "Slavery is the infringement of all laws — a law having a. tendency to preserve slavery, would be the grossest sacrilege.