José de San Martín (1778-1850), leader of the Spanish Colonial War of Independence in South America, was born in the family of Argentine colonialists and took part in the Spanish war of liberation against Napoleon's invasion in 1808-1811; returned to Argentina in 1812 to participate in the struggle against the Spanish colonial rule. In 1814 he was the commander-in-chief of the Argentine Patriot Army of the Northern Route. In early 1817, the army from the western territory led over the 10,000-foot Andes and unintentionally invaded Chile. Through the Battle of Chabucco and the Battle of Maybelline in 1818, the Western Army was defeated and Chile declared independence. In 1820, the army led Peru from the Chilean Sea Route, and in July

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