People from Talca - Don Francisco, Fernando Flores, Hugo Eduardo Rubio, Ral Silva Henrquez, Nicols Peric, Guillermo Hormazbal, Roberto Viaux (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Don Francisco, Fernando Flores, Hugo Eduardo Rubio, Ral Silva Henrquez, Nicols Peric, Guillermo Hormazbal, Roberto Viaux, Jorge Garcs, Adolfo Holley, Cristin Montecinos, Pedro Opazo, Carlos Garrido, Anselmo de La Cruz, Ramn vila, Francisco Antonio Encina. Excerpt: Adolfo Holley Adolfo Holley Urza (born in Talca; 1833 11 November 1914) was a Chilean general who served in the War of the Pacific and in the Chilean Civil War and held posts in the resulting government. Holley embarked upon his military career in the Occupation of the Araucana in the Arauco War . At the start of the War of the Pacific, he was commissioned as second in command of the regiment Esmeralda when it was created after the division of the older Carampangue in May 1879. Serving in this position, Holley fought in the Battle of Tacna . He was promoted to commander of the regiment when its prior commander, Santiago Amengual, was named chief of the First Division in the Lima Campaign. Holley fought in the Battle of Chorrillos (Battle of San Juan) and the Battle of Miraflores, where his regiment suffered heavy losses. After the capture of Lima and the Chilean occupation of Lima, he remained in Peru with the Esmeralda regiment, taking part in the Brea Campaign (Campaign of the Sierra). On 27 May 1891, Holley was named Minister of War and Navy by the Revolutionary Junta loyal to Congress established in Iquique . He defended the post, defeating the presidential government's forces loyal to Jos Manuel Balmaceda . Meanwhile, Jorge Montt, a Congressional supporter, took over control of the Santiago Government Junta in September 20. Holley left the government upon Montt's assumption of the constitutional office of President and the start of the new government on 26 December 1891, ending the transitional war...