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 | | 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. |
 | | See A. Valdes, Revolucion Chilena y Cam panes de la Jude pendencia (Santiago, 1888), which is practically a vindication of Carreras career; also P. Figueroa, D-iccionario biografico de Chile, r~io5887 (Santiago. |
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