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 | | Sent to Spain for a military career, he served in the Spanish army in the Napoleonic war, hut returned to Chile in July 1811, where his vigorous character and military experience enabled him by means of a series of coup dtats to place himself at the head of the nationalist government. |
 | | Though at first he labored patriotically to establish a stable administration, to promote education, and to organize the Chilean forces, his selfish arrogant spirit produced dissensions between himself and other patriots, and it was his rivalry with Bernardo OHiggins that led to the defeat of the nationalist forces at Rancagua in 1814. |
 | | In the expedition of 1817, led by Jos de San Martin and Bernardo OHiggins, which resulted in the liberation of Chile, Carrera had no share, owing to his hostility to the leaders, but he attempted to procure in the United States materials for a fresh enterprise of his own. |
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