The Emancipation of South America
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE CONVENTION OF RANCAGUA.
1820.
The Spanish Revolution of 1820--Return of San Martin to Chile--Mutiny of the Detachment at San Juan--The Remnant of the Division crosses the Andes to Chile--Rout of Cepeda--The Reign of Anarchy in the United Provinces--The Convention of Officers at Rancagua--The Disobedience of San Martin endorsed by the Army--Cochrane aspires to the Command-in-Chief--San Martin appointed Generalissimo--The Presence of the Army of the Andes a Danger to Chile.....216