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 but the resident foreigners banded themselves together and soon made a successful stand against the rioters. The "Union" and "Altahualpa" in the harbor, together with several school-ships and transports, were destroyed to prevent them falling into the hands of the victors.

General Saavedra was appointed temporary military governor of Lima to receive its formal surrender, and Captain Lynch was appointed to the same office in Callao, which town he occupied with his division; he soon afterward became military governor at Lima. General Baquedano returned to Chile with all but ten thousand of his troops. Admiral Riveros withdrew with a part of the fleet, leaving Latorre in command of the vessels which remained.

In time President Pierola established his headquarters at Ayacucho, the interior cities being for a time beyond the reach of the Chileans. Caceres brought together the remnants of the army. The Chileans contented themselves with the occupation of the capital and with levying contributions. They refused to treat with Pierola and a provisional government was organized at Lima, Francisco Garcia Calderon, an eminent Peruvian lawyer, being selected by a meeting of leading citizens as provisional president and Admiral Montero as vice president. Chile gave countenance to this questionable government, hence it was unpopular, as it was thought that Calderon would agree to almost any conditions in a treaty that the Chileans might see fit to impose. The old congress being called together refused to permit Calderon to grant any cession of Peruvian territory in a treaty of peace; it was therefore dismissed, August 23rd, 1881. On the 28th of September Calderon's government was abolished by the Chileans. Pierola, too, had on the 28th of July resigned his office into the hands of a national assembly at Ayacucho, and