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Battle of Rancagua

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  • defeat of O’Higgins
    • In Bernardo O’Higgins

      In October 1814, at Rancagua, the Chilean patriots led by him lost decisively to the royalist forces, which, for the next three years, occupied the country.

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    • Chile
      • Chile
        In Chile: Struggle for independence

        At the Battle of Rancagua, on October 1 and 2, 1814, it reestablished its military supremacy and ended what has been called la patria vieja (“the old fatherland”).

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    • Rancagua
      • In Rancagua

        The Battle of Rancagua (October 2, 1814), in which Bernardo O’Higgins’s republican troops were defeated by Spanish royalist forces after a heroic defense of the city, was one of the major engagements of the Chilean struggle for independence.

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