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Ballesteros enlisted as a cadet in 1788 in the 1st
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During the midwinter of 1811-12 Soult's main attention was taken up by a serious enterprise in the extreme south of his viceroyalty, which rendered it impossible for him to take the offensive in any other direction. This was the attempt to crush
Ballasteros, and to capture
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On 1 October 1823 Fernando VII started his campaign of repression against all who had supported the constitutional government. Ballesteros fled to Cádiz, where he embarked on a
British ship for France. He spent the rest of his life in Paris, where he died in 1833.
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In the autumn of 1812 retreat beyond the Douro need never have been made, if
Ballasteros had obeyed orders, and moved up from Granada to threaten Soult's flank, instead of remaining torpid in his cantonments 200 miles from the theatre of war. (Oman 1903, p.
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However, 300 regulars of La Romana's La
Princesa Regiment, marched some 250 miles through Old Castile and Aragon, territory controlled by the French, to reach the borders of Valencia, where they joined Blake's army. (Oman, 1903: p.
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When the liberal revolution broke out in 1820, he was called back to Madrid, where on 7 March he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Army of the centre. He became vice-president of the
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sent two battalions that were beaten off, but on the 12th, Bonet attacked with his whole force and defeated
Ballesteros's division. Although Ballesteros himself escaped by sea, with
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On 7 July 1822, Ballesteros defeated the Royal Guards, preventing a coup against the
Constitution. For this he was named Captain General of Madrid. In 1823, he fought the
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On 5 November, when the three French columns hunting him were forced, due to lack of provisions, to withdraw and to disperse, he attacked their rearguard, defeating
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but withdrew after failing to take its citadel and following reports that Soult was approaching. On the 14th, at
Alhaurin, he intercepted brigadier
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Portugal, Ballasteros, at the head of 4,000 troops, defeated General
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by Mortier's division from Seville. Mortier's columns then pursued him through the mountains and defeated him again, this time at
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