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Vicente Benavides (Quirihue
Quirihue

Quirihue is a Chilean city in Quirihue, Chile, ?uble Province, B?o-B?o Region.It is located about 72 kilometers northwest of Chill?n, 82 kilometers north of Concepci?n, Chile and 398 kilometers south of Santiago, Chile...
, 1777 – Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile

Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....
, 1822) was a Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
an soldier who fought in the Chilean War of Independence. He initially sided with the patriots but changed sides later to side with the royalists. He then led the resistance during the so called Guerra a muerte
Guerra a muerte

Guerra a muerte is a term coined by Benjam?n Vicu?a Mackenna used in Chilean historiography to describe the irregular warfare that broke out from 1819 to 1821 during the Chilean War of Independence....
. This was a time of irregular warfare and Benavides got the aid of many Mapuche chiefs to combat the Chileans and pillage the countryside.








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Vicente Benavides (Quirihue
Quirihue

Quirihue is a Chilean city in Quirihue, Chile, ?uble Province, B?o-B?o Region.It is located about 72 kilometers northwest of Chill?n, 82 kilometers north of Concepci?n, Chile and 398 kilometers south of Santiago, Chile...
, 1777 – Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile

Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....
, 1822) was a Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
an soldier who fought in the Chilean War of Independence. He initially sided with the patriots but changed sides later to side with the royalists. He then led the resistance during the so called Guerra a muerte
Guerra a muerte

Guerra a muerte is a term coined by Benjam?n Vicu?a Mackenna used in Chilean historiography to describe the irregular warfare that broke out from 1819 to 1821 during the Chilean War of Independence....
. This was a time of irregular warfare and Benavides got the aid of many Mapuche chiefs to combat the Chileans and pillage the countryside.

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