Los Veteranos de Santiago al Ejercito Restaurador del Peru. [text begins:] Ilustres guerreros! - Lleg— el momento de volar ‡ ser por segunda vez los libertadores del desgraciado Perœ....

[Santiago de Chile], Imprenta de la Independencia, dated 2 September 1837.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (28 x 18.5 cm.), disbound. Above the caption title is a charming woodcut headpiece (5 x 15 cm.) of cavalrymen in battle. In good to very good condition. Early manuscript foliation in ink. (1 l.) *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The veterans of Chile wish speed and victory to the Chilean soldiers setting off on the expedition to free Peru from the vil conquistador AndrŽs Santa Cruz of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation. The Peruvians are described as standing plaintively on their shores with raised arms, waiting only for the appearance of Chilean ships to rebel. This is one of the few Chilean ephemeral pamphlets that expresses any sympathy for Peru, although it is perhaps less sympathy than Schadenfreude: "Lleg— el momento de voltar ‡ ser por segunda vez los libertadores del desgraciado Perœ." The leaf includes at the top a charming woodcut of cavalrymen charging into battle.The naval expedition against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation was headed by General Blanco Encalada, who had defeated the Quillota mutineers in June. In Peru his force of 2,800 was not, in fact, greeted with relief by Peruvians. Instead it was surrounded by Marshal Santa Cruz's troops, and Blanco Encalada was forced to sign the Treaty of Paucarpata (November 17, 1837), which the Chilean government promptly repudiated.*** Not located in Brise–o. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched).