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Mr. Brock was strictly, what the Marquis of Rodil styled himself in a proclamation to his soldiers after running away, a hijo de la guerra a child of war.
Most of the old Spanish families perished; numbers died in the castle of Callao, where many thousands of the best blood of Lima took refuge, and of these well- nigh half died of hunger and misery before Rodil surrendered." "But does not this make travelling very unsafe?" The Indian shrugged his shoulders.
By that time the last stronghold of the Spaniards, Callao, had fallen into the hands of the Venezuelan general, Bartolome Salom, a very distinguished officer who had played a remarkable role under Bolivar during the War of Independence. The resistance of Rodil in Callao is one of the best examples of Spanish bravery. Rodil was a rough soldier, and often harsh and cruel in his measures.
Let the name of tyranny be obliterated from the language of the world and even forgotten!" Bolivar then left the army in the command of Sucre and departed for the seaboard to continue his work of organization. The royalists had left Lima as soon as they learned of the defeat of Junin. Rodil was in the fortress at Callao.
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