Guerra a muerte explained

Guerra a muerte should not be confused with Decree of War to the Death.

Conflict:Guerra a muerte
Date:1819–c.1824/7/32
Place:La Frontera, the Araucanía, the southern of the Chilean Central Valley and the Neuquén Basin
Result:Patriot victory
Territory:Definitive Chilean occupation of the towns and forts of La Frontera
Combatant1:Patriots


Chile----Mapuche allies:

Combatant2:Royalists


Rebels from the province of Concepción----Mapuche allies:

  • Arribanos
  • Boroanos
  • Pehuenches
  • Costinos
  • Huilliches
Commander1:
Commander2:
  • Vicente Benavides
  • Juan M. Pico
  • Juan A. Ferrebú
  • José M. Zapata
  • Vicente Bocardo
  • Miguel Senosiaín
Strength1: Chilean Army and militias
Mapuche warriors
Strength2: Royalist semi-regular army and montoneras
Mapuche warriors

Guerra a muerte (lit. English: War to the death) is a term coined by Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna and used in Chilean historiography to describe the irregular, no-quarter warfare that broke out in 1819 during the Chilean War of Independence.

After the royalists had been expelled from all cities and ports north of the Bio-Bio River, Vicente Benavides organized royalist resistance in La Frontera with the aid of Mapuche chiefs. The aid of the Mapuches was vital to the royalists since they had lost control of all cities and ports north of Valdivia. Most Mapuches valued the treaties they had with the Spanish authorities, while many other Mapuches regarded the matter with indifference and played both sides against each other. The Pincheira brothers, a future outlaw group, served Benavides in the Guerra a muerte by defending the Cordillera.

As result of the Guerra a muerte the government of nascent republic begun to distrust the Franciscan missionaries of Chillán who were regarded as representatives of the old regime. This led to the recruitment of a new contingent of missionaries for Chillán in the 1830s.[1]

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Jesuitas, Franciscanos y Capuchinos italianos en la Araucanía (1600-1900) . . 1993 . 109–147 . 19 . February 22, 2014 . Pinto Rodríguez . Jorge . Jorge Pinto Rodríguez. es.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Guerra a muerte".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.