[410] en tal sentido, of this type.
[411] cuyo sentimiento, the sentiment for which.
[412] Cuyo. Previous to his invasion of Chile, San Martín was ostensibly Governor of Cuyo, a region including the present provinces of Mendoza, San Juan, and San Luis. It was in this capacity that he made ready his Ejército de los Andes to attack the Spaniards in Chile.
[413] las del Norte. This includes the provinces of Salta, Tucumán, Jujuy, and what was known as Alto Perú, or Bolivia.
[414] encabezar partidos, i.e., secundarios. Cf. 181, 17.
[415] dos derrotas. The Argentine army of the North had been defeated twice: at Huaquí in June, 1811, and in the battle of Nazareno in January, 1812.
[416] haciendo por último pie firme, making at last a resolute stand.
[417] como el vacío de la máquina neumática que apaga los oídos, like the vacuum of the pneumatic pump which deadens the hearing.
[418] tres Repúblicas. Argentine by birth, Las Heras fought for the independence of Peru and Chile besides that of his own country.
[419] en ella, i.e., en la época colonial.