 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo OHiggins yakanga yava pedyo nokupedzwa paElswick munguva yechando ya1897, kunetsana kwakanga kuri kukura pakati peSpain neUnited States of America pamusoro pokupandukira kwakanga kuchienderera mberi muCuba. Kwakapararira runyerekupe rwokuti Spain yakanga iri kuedza kusimbisa uto rayo rehondo kana kukava nehondo neUnited States nokutenga ngarava dzehondo kubva kune dzimwe nyika. Zvinangwa zveSpain zvaisanganisira OHiggins, ngarava yeChilean yakanga ichangopedzwa uye ngarava yakachengetedzwa yakanga yava pedyo nekupedzisa kuChile kuElswicks. Sezvo kutanga kweHondo yeSpanish neAmerica kwakava kwakanyanya, United States yakaedzawo kuwedzera ngarava dzayo nekutenga, pakati pemamwe ngarava, OHiggins, asi nhaurirano hadzina kuguma nekutengeswa kwechikepe chehondo cheChilean, uye OHiggins yakasvika kuValparaiso musi wa25 Chikunguru 1898. 