General Luis José de Orbegoso also has…

General Luis José de Orbegoso also has to deal with General Felipe Salaverry, who, after the establishment of the republic had rose in the army, until, at the age of twenty-eight, he had obtained the rank of general.

When the garrison of Callao revolts against Orbegoso in January 1835, pronouncing in favor of La Fuente, Salaverry defeats the insurgents, and is appointed governor of the fortress.

Nevertheless, on February 23, he himself rises in arms against the government, and as Orbegoso abandons Lima, Salaverry occupies the capital and proclaims himself "Supreme Chief of the Republic.”

In a few months, he has possession of the south, and Orbegoso has been reduced to commanding a small force in the northern provinces.

Orbegoso does not lose the support of southern Peru, however, and calls in to his help the president of Bolivia.

It is the opportunity that Marshal Santa Cruz, himself a former president of Peru, has been waiting for.

The Bolivian army promptly proceeds to invade Peru.