Today's installment concludes Chile Captures Lima,our selection from The War Between Chile and Peru, 1879-1882 by Clements R. Markham published in
Second Line of Defense
There were five redoubts on the connecting line, mounted with artillery, and entrenchments between them.Continuing Chile Captures Lima,our
The Chileans Reach the City
All that remained of the military order, from extreme old age to boyhood, had come to face death, and, if need be, to die for their
Chile’s Army Marches North
That night his division reached Cerro Azul, a little port in the northern end of the rich Valley of Canete.Continuing Chile Captures Lima,our
Chile Captures Lima
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Peru's City.IntroductionThe war of 1879-1883, waged by Chile against
Columbus Discovers South America – 5
Today's installment concludes Columbus Discovers South America,our selection by Clements Robert Markham.If you have journeyed through all of the
Columbus Discovers South America – 4
An insurrection broke out in the Vega Real, headed by the chief Guarionex, who, after suffering innumerable wrongs from the Spaniards, was at last
Columbus Discovers South America – 3
Thinking that a long and rapid course was insufficient to account for the volume of water and the violence of the currents, he conceived the idea that
Columbus Discovers South America – 2
He therefore detached one ship and two caravels from Gomera to make the voyage direct.Continuing Columbus Discovers South America,our selection