[450] se veía... entrañas, saw its very vitals torn.
[451] un ejército, i.e., el ejército del Norte under Belgrano’s command.
[452] de otro, i.e., San Martín’s army.
[453] guerra civil. From the very beginning there was, as in the United States, a “Tory” party in Argentina that stood against independence.
[454] aquél, i.e., Belgrano, who defeated the Spaniards in the battles of Salta and Tucumán.
[455] el general La Paz (José María), Argentine statesman and general who, in defense of the unitarian cause, fought against Rosas and made himself famous during the eight-year siege of Montevideo (1835-1843).
[456] el Dr. Vélez Sársfield, famous Argentine statesman and jurist; author of the Argentine Civil Code.
[457] constituído, placed.
[458] Alí-Bajá de Monvoisin, reference to the painting by the French artist Monvoisin of Ali Pasha, who was known for his cruelty in Albania and put to death in 1822.
[459] Ravel (Pierre-Alfred), French actor of the nineteenth century.