CHAP. IV.--State of Lima....Expedition to Chile under Colonel Gainsa....Exit of....Regiment of Talavera arrives from Spain ....Part of sent to Huamanga....Revolution of Cusco and Arequipa....Death of Pumacagua, and the Patriot Melgar.... Arrival of Flags taken by Osoria in Chile....Viceroy Abascal superseded by Pesuela....Character of the former....Beginning of Pesuela's Administration....Arrival of La Serna....State of Lima to 1817....Battle of Chacabuco in Chile....Extract of a Journal....New Expedition to Chile under Osoria....News of Battle of Maypu....Loss of the Spanish Frigate Maria Isabel, and part of Convoy....Arrival of Lord Cochrane off Callao 120 CHAP. V.--State of Lima on the Arrival of the Chilean Squadron....Arrival of at Huacho....At Supe....Chilean Naval Force, how composed....Capture of the Maria Isabel by Commodore Blanco....Arrival of Lord Cochrane....Appointed Admiral....Leaves Valparaiso....Arrives at Callao, Huacho, Barranca, Huambacho....Proclamation of Cochrane, San Martin, and O'Higgins....Description of Huambacho....Paita taken.... Proceed to Valparaiso....Arrival....Description of....Road from Valparaiso to Santiago 141 CHAP. VI.--Santiago....Foundation....Description of the City....Contrast between the Society here and at Lima....State of Chile....Manners and Customs....Revolution ....Carreras....O'Higgins....Defeat at Rancagua....Chileans cross the Cordillera....Action of Chacabuco....Of Maypu.... Death of Don Juan Jose, and Don Luis Carrera....Murder of Colonel Rodrigues....Formation of a Naval Force....Death of Spanish Prisoners at San Luis....Naval Expedition under Lord Cochrane....Failure of the attack on Callao....Attack at Pisco....Death of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles....Capture of Vessels at Guayaquil....Squadron returns to Chile 169 CHAP. VII.--Passage from Guayaquil River to Valdivia....Lord Cochrane reconnoitres the Harbour....Capture of the Spanish Brig Potrillo....Arrival at Talcahuano....Preparations for an Expedition to Valdivia....Troops furnished by General Freire....O'Higgins runs aground....Arrival off Valdivia.... Capture of Valdivia....Attempt on Chiloe fails.... Return of Lord Cochrane....Leaves Valdivia for Valparaiso....Victory by Beauchef.....Arrival of the Independencia and Araucano.... O'Higgins repaired....Return to Valparaiso....Conduct of Chilean Government....Lord Cochrane resigns the Command of the Squadron 211 CHAP. VIII.--Lord Cochrane and the Chilean Government.... Preparations for the Expedition to Peru....Captain Spry ....Charges presented by the Admiral against Capt. Guise ....Lord Cochrane throws up his Commission....Letters from the Captains and Officers....Commission returned by the Government....Offer made by San Martin to the Foreign Seamen....Embarkation of Troops for Peru....Announcement of Sailing of the Expedition....Force of the Squadron 243