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León de Pallejas

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He was a very cruel leader to enemies, although there were times when he was even too lenient. He was considered insensitive to his own sufferings. He was friendly with his subordinates, even his soldiers, but in battle he transformed and demanded the maximum: he yelled and insulted his subordinates,
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and exposed himself to unnecessary risks. On one occasion he sent the band of his regiment to the rear. When told that this violated the Regulations, he replied: "In order to die, you don't need regulations."
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he repeated his exploits, but was killed during the battle. A photo of him from a few days before that battle is preserved, and of his soldiers moving his body, both obtained by the photographers
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From the front he sent sixty letters to the Montevideo newspapers, which became one of the key sources of historical information for the war. He fought under the orders of Flores in the
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had Pallejas imprisoned as a possible ally of Flores. He was released after the fall of Berro and formed the "Florida" battalion, with which he marched to the
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Curiously, he served a year as a private and only later did he present himself to General
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Pallejas was born as the son of Manuel Pons de Palleja who was a surgeon in the
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Palleja is removed dead from the Boquerón battlefield in an image captured by
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as head of the "Voltígeros" battalion. He was the first to enter
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When Venancio Flores invaded the country in 1863, President
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tried to dissuade him, he pierced him with his sword.
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José de Pons y Ojeda | Real Academia de la Historia
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Seville
Andalusia
Spain
Ñeembucú
Paraguay
Spain
Carlists
Uruguay

Spanish Army

National Army of Uruguay
First Carlist War
Argentine Civil Wars
Uruguayan Civil War
Paraguayan War
Battle of Yatay
Siege of Uruguaiana
Battle of Estero Bellaco
Battle of Tuyutí
Battle of Boquerón

First Carlist War
Argentine Civil Wars
Paraguayan War
Spanish Army
First Carlist War
Carlos María Isidro de Borbón
Carlists

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