Ephemerides March 4, 1814: Realist Troops Captured the Carrera Brothers

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On March 4, 1814, at the beginning of the Spanish reconquest, the brothers José Miguel and Luis Carrera were arrested in Penco by order of Gabino Gaínza, head of the realistic army in Chile. The capture in Penco and the transfer of the Carrera Gaínza had landed at the end of January in the Gulf of Arauco with orders of the viceroy of Peru, José Fernando de Abascal, to revive the war against the Chilean independencers, cantoning their forces in C…