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
Independence Achieved
Today's installment concludes Bolivar and South American Independence,our selection from Histoire de l'Amerique du sud depuis la conquete fusqu'a
Bolivar Flees to Jamaica
Bolivar, deserted by fortune, found himself obliged to beat a retreat once more. He took refuge in Jamaica.Continuing Bolivar and South American
Bolivar Invades Columbia
The Congress being installed in Bogota immediately set about preparing means to repulse the Spaniards, who were expected to appear very
Bolivar Takes Command
The South American insurrection, like all great social upheavals, produced extraordinary men, of whom Simon Bolivar, the idolized hero of the