English losses amounted to 500 men dead and 600 prisoners. As spoils of war were taken 100 guns, two guns and flags. Among the liberating forces killed 12 people and injured 120.
The governor of Chile, Marco del Pont, he tried to flee to Valparaiso, but was taken prisoner and confined in St. Louis.
On 14 February, San MartÃn and his men made the triumphant entry into Santiago, to the popular clamor. Francisco Ruiz Tagle was appointed interim political governor. On 15 February he met an open forum. The position of Supreme Director was offered to St. Martin, but he refused the appointment and requested that she be allowed to Bernardo O'Higgins, who eventually took that position. San Martin also refused to be appointed Brigadier General. With the money that was rewarded by the Cabildo of Santiago, San Martin decided it was destined to found in that city, a Public Library. It also opened a branch of the Lautaro Lodge, which brought together supporters of O'Higgins, as an instrument of political power to the government any supporting homeland, which would act in coordination with the lodge in Argentina.
In Chile, San Martin maintained a balance between the Chilean aristocracy and the working classes. Avoided, according to the instructions had been given, any conquest, inviting Chile to appoint deputies to the Congress of Tucuman to form a great state or otherwise, make an alliance between both nations.
From the moment the plans of the Liberator, conceived campaign in southern Chile, where the English troops had regrouped after the defeat of Chacabuco. To this end, he went to Buenos Aires, for help material, especially boats, which would allow them to go to Lima. In May he returned to Santiago.
The governor of Chile, Marco del Pont, he tried to flee to Valparaiso, but was taken prisoner and confined in St. Louis.
On 14 February, San MartÃn and his men made the triumphant entry into Santiago, to the popular clamor. Francisco Ruiz Tagle was appointed interim political governor. On 15 February he met an open forum. The position of Supreme Director was offered to St. Martin, but he refused the appointment and requested that she be allowed to Bernardo O'Higgins, who eventually took that position. San Martin also refused to be appointed Brigadier General. With the money that was rewarded by the Cabildo of Santiago, San Martin decided it was destined to found in that city, a Public Library. It also opened a branch of the Lautaro Lodge, which brought together supporters of O'Higgins, as an instrument of political power to the government any supporting homeland, which would act in coordination with the lodge in Argentina.
In Chile, San Martin maintained a balance between the Chilean aristocracy and the working classes. Avoided, according to the instructions had been given, any conquest, inviting Chile to appoint deputies to the Congress of Tucuman to form a great state or otherwise, make an alliance between both nations.
From the moment the plans of the Liberator, conceived campaign in southern Chile, where the English troops had regrouped after the defeat of Chacabuco. To this end, he went to Buenos Aires, for help material, especially boats, which would allow them to go to Lima. In May he returned to Santiago.
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