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 152 A HISTORY OF CHILE Jos6 Ignacio Cienfuegos, Augustin Eyzaguirye and Jos6 Miguel Infante. Having carried out the scheme thus far, they now removed to Talca to be near the army. Jos6 Miguel Carrera continued to command the army and refused to submit to the junta ; in the districts commanded by his troops, he governed without re- straint. But his oppressive measures and the devas- tations of his army so enraged the people of the southern provinces that Concepcion sided with the royalists. The junta, seeing the necessity of ridding the army of a leader who exasperated the people, re- moved Carrera and gave the chief command to Bernar- do O'Higgins, naming as second in command Colonel Mackenna, a brave and competent young Irishman. Don Bernardo O'Higgins was a natural son of the illustrious Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Orsorno, and was at this time about thirty-eight years of age. He was educated in England, then went to Spain and subsequently to Chile, where he passed his time look- ing after the estate left him by his father. When the revolution came and war seemed imminent, he became' a stanch supporter of Doctor Rozas and embraced ar- dently the cause of the patriots. He was a deputy in the first congress, and a member of one of the early juntas. Upon the fall of Doctor Rozas, Don Bernardo retired to his estate, where he remained until the inva- sion of Pareja, when he toolc up his sword in defense of the patriot cause. It was after the battle of Roble, that Carrera expressed admiration for his talents as a soldier by calling him " el primer Soldado de Chile," (the first soldier of Chile). Carrera at first refused to yield up the command, but was finally abandoned by the army and found him- self obliged to submit. With his brother he quitted the army and they set forth together on their journey