Excerpt from Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, From Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Vol. 1 The first of these volumes forms a history of the consolidation of Chilian independence, and of the subsequent liberation of Peru - through the instrumentality of the Chilian squadron under my command; a service which called forth from the Governments and people of the liberated states the warmest expressions of gra titude to the naval service collectively, and to myself personally, as having ...
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Excerpt from Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, From Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Vol. 1 The first of these volumes forms a history of the consolidation of Chilian independence, and of the subsequent liberation of Peru - through the instrumentality of the Chilian squadron under my command; a service which called forth from the Governments and people of the liberated states the warmest expressions of gra titude to the naval service collectively, and to myself personally, as having planned and con ducted the operations whereby these results were attained. It records also the strangely inconsistent fact that - beyond these marks of national approba tion - neither Chili nor Peru ever awarded to the squadron or myself any more substantial reward - though, in a pecuniary sense, deeply, indebted to us for, during the greater portion of the war of independence, the subsistence ofthe crews, and the repairs and equipment of the Chilian squadron were solely provided for by our own exertions, without cost to the Govern ment; since, in addition to the capture of Spanish ships-of-war and merchant vessels - money, pro visions, and stores to a great extent fell into our hands all of which - though our own stipu lated right - were voluntarily devoted to state exigencies, in the full conviction that, at the expiration of the war, the value of our sacrifices would, as a point of national honour, be returned to us by Chili. As regards Peru, our still unpaid for captures of ships-of war formed her first naval force, for which the only requital has been, a vote of her first National Assembly - almost its inaugural act - ascribing to me the double praise of her liberation from the Spanish yoke, and of her subsequent deliverance from an intolerable military tyranny. The volume contains another point, which formsayet stranger sequel to my services on the Western shores of South America. After the expiration of thirty years, Chili granted me the absurdly inadequate sum of infall of all my claims! And this, with the knowledge that, after my return to England I was involved in litigation on account of the legal seizure of ves sels under the orders of her former Government-by which I was subjected to a loss, directly and indirectly, of more than three times the amount; The Chilian portion of this history, therefore, re solves itself into the fact, that not only did I reap no reward whatever, for the liberation of Chili and Peru, but that the independence of both coun tries was achieved at a heavy pecuniary sacrifice to myself! In compensation for which, as well as for my recognised services - Chili has thought its national honour sufficiently vindicated by allotting me one-third of my losses only, without other compensation of any kind! I regret to add, that my necessities at the time, arising for the most part from the pecuniary difficulties to which I had been subjected on Chilian account, compelled me to accept the amount tendered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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