Battle of San Lorenzo

Battle of San Lorenzo

The Battle of San Lorenzo was a military engagement of the Argentine War of Independence, between "realistas" (royalists, loyal to the Spanish Crown), led by General José Zavala, and the rebel forces of the "Granaderos a Caballo" (Mounted Grenadiers), the cavalry elite unit led by General José de San Martín. This was also the first combat action for San Martin's men.

The clash took place on 3 February 1813 in San Lorenzo, province of Santa Fe. The royalists, about 250 men, sailed on eleven ships from their base in Montevideo, up the Río de la Plata and the Paraná River, passing by the port of Rosario (then a small village), and landed a few kilometres north on San Lorenzo's port, near the San Carlos Monastery, at about 5:30 in the morning. The battle lasted aproximately 15 minutes.

Though covered by cannon fire from the ships, the royalist forces were quickly diminished and had to retreat. According to San Martín's report, the royalists lost 40 men, at least 12 were wounded, and 14 were taken as prisoners by the rebels, who in turn lost 14 men, out of about 125.

It was during this battle that sergeant Juan Bautista Cabral gave his life to save San Martín, who got trapped under his horse.

The Mounted Grenadiers casualties were:

* Juanario Luna, José Gregorio and Basilio Bustos; from San Luis
* Juan Bautista Cabral and Feliciano Silva; from Corrientes
* Ramón Saavedra and Blas Vargas; from Santiago del Estero
* Ramón Amador and Domingo Soriano; from La Rioja
* José Márquez and José Manuel Díaz; from Córdoba
* José Mateo Jelvez; from Buenos Aires
* Domingo Pourteu; from Los Pirineos
* Julián Alzogaray; from Chile
* Capitán Justo Bermúdez, died 14 days later from complications of his battle wounds.

The March of San Lorenzo

There is a patriotic march commemorating the battle. The music for this "Marcha de San Lorenzo" was composed on February 1901 by Cayetano Alberto Silva (1868–1920), a director of several military bands. It was first played officially and publicly on 1902-10-30, at the inauguration of the monument to General San Martín in Rosario. The lyrics were written by professor Carlos Benielli in 1908.

References to the battle

The legacy of the battle was preserved in the names of four towns in the Greater Rosario area: Puerto General San Martín (named after the victorious general, like many other places in Argentina), Fray Luis Beltrán (a friar of the monastery, where the wounded were given care), Capitán Bermúdez (a captain of San Martín's forces), and Granadero Baigorria (a soldier of the "Granaderos" unit). A street in the oldest part of Rosario is named Bajada Sargento Cabral, after sergeant Juan Bautista Cabral. An major avenue in Rosario is also named San Martín, and the road that goes through the towns mentioned above keeps its name, San Martín Avenue, in all of them.

The San Carlos Monastery preserves the remains of the dead soldiers in an urn. It has a historical museum about the battle, and the cell occupied by General San Martín can be visited. In front of it there is a monument commemorating the battle, and the battlefield ("Campo de la Gloria"). On the back of the building there is an ancient tree, under whose shadow San Martín wrote his briefing about the battle.

References

"In Spanish."
* [http://www.auroradechile.cl/newtenberg/681/article-3688.html "La batalla de San Lorenzo"] - Includes a transcription of San Martín's letter to the Argentine government, informing them of the battle.
* [http://pachami.com/SanMartin21.htm "Biografía del Libertador José de San Martín."]
* [http://www.todo-argentina.net/Geografia/provincias/Santa_Fe/san_carlos.htm San Carlos Monastery]
* [http://groups.msn.com/maestrossinfronteras/nuestracancin.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=3562&LastModified=4675535415060235135 "Maestros Sin Fronteras."]
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