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San Martín was promoted to Colonel.
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Spanish and French forces engaged in the Battle of Bailén, in which Spanish forces prevailed, allowing the Army of Andalucia to attacked madrid
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He participated in the Battle of Albuera under the command of general William Carr Beresford.
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The army was divided in two main columns and four minor ones, keeping the decided paths in secret.
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San Martín commanded the battle and seeing the Spanish forces under numerical inferiority considering the surprise factor so he developed a strategy for the Spanish forces to surrender,
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the United Army took positions in Loma Blanca, near the Maipú plains.
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Peruvian independence was officially declared.
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He had died refusing to fight.