Argentine Army of Independence (help)

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Argentine Faction, for Empire Total War

Prologue:

The territory known today as Argentina was part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and its capital city was Buenos Aires. It was ruled by a viceroyappointed by the Spanish Crown and guarded by the Spanish royal army. Part of the conflict between the settlers and the crown can be traced to the traditional, full prohibition of trading with all countries except for Spain. English, French, and Portuguese ships were banned from the port of Buenos Aires. Despite this long-standing legislation, the citizens of Buenos Aires were well renowned as traficantes(contraband dealers), since they would often trade illegally with many foreign merchants who were eager to tap the viceroyalty's market. In addition, the successful resistance against the 1806 and 1807 British invasions of the Río de la Plata, which organized mostly by criollos (persons who were locally born), helped reinforce a sense of regional identity. During the first invasion, Viceroy Rafael de Sobremonte and his staff retreated from the capital to hide himself along with the state treasury in Córdoba to the north. The residents of Buenos Aires would later accuse him of cowardice.
On May 13, 1810, a British frigate arrived in Montevideo bringing the latest news about the Peninsular War. The residents of Montevideo learned that Napoleon Bonaparte's forces had conquered Andalusia and laid siege to Cádiz, the last redoubt against the French on Spanish soil. Moreover, the Supreme Central Junta, which had governed the Empire for the past two years, had abolished itself in favor of a Regency. Word quickly spread throughout the viceroyalty. In Buenos Aires the news that Cádiz was all that was left of a free Spain unleashed a series of events, known as the May Revolution, in which citizens gathered in the Cabildo (City Hall), decided to suspend Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros from office and created the Primera Junta (First Junta), a provisional government to rule the viceroyalty in the absence of the king and an independent Spain.

Chapter 1 : Units Info, Editing and Uniforms

*Argentine Lancer (Lancero)
(only change the hat color, to all black, yellow details if it’s posible)
Unit: polish national cvalry - poland

*Mounted Cacadores (Cazadores a caballo)
( all blue to green)
Unit: bercheny hussars - france

*Line Infantry (Infantería de Linea)
(green to blue, yellow to red, and white pants) this uniform was used too by he artillery crew
Unit: irish legion - (france) ireland

*Argntine dismounted grenadiers (Granaderos)
(jaket and pants to dark blue, hat to black, chest band to white, belt to red)
Unit: this guys

– austria

*Dragoon of Buenos Aires (Dragon de Buenos Aires)
(as same)
Unit: carabineros reales - spanish

*Armed Hellers (Infernales) Light Infantry
(green to red, chest band to white)
Unit: chasseurs de fisher - france

*Mounted Granadiers – General’s bodyguard (Granaderos a caballo)
(all to dark blue, red details if it’s posible and yellow det. at hat)
Unit: leib hussaren – prussia

*Nacional Guard (Guardias Nacionales)
(jaket to red, hat to black, whit yellow details)
Unit: szekely militia – austria (hungary)
or this guys, perfectly

• Patricians (Patricios)(early unit)
(jacket and chest to blue, chest band and pants white, fists and collar red)
Unit: Swedish 'Lifeguards of foot'
or this unit, in that age exist a lot of infantry regiments whit uniforms of this kind

*Sapper- land and ships unit (Zapadores) (late unit)
(legs white, fists and hat to red) same colors when they are in ships
Unit:cies franches de la marine – frence (french colonial)
or this guys

*Provincial Militia(late unit) (Infanteria Provincial)
(this guys of the user ‘’romangeneralbob’’ can be well used, may be a litle editing in the red pants tone)
Unit: custom zouaves, from blue and the grey mod, by romangeneralbob

Corsarios del Plata (early unit), land and ship units (change jaket to dark blue)

*Cazadores (Regimiento de Cazadores)
(green or blue jaket, blue pants, green fists and collar)
Unit: 6th cacadore spain – portuguesse

this unit will perfectly work besto for mouned grenadiers or mounted cazadores

Other various uniforms

cavalry

the earlyer argentinian units

any kind of guard unit, jaket to dark blue, pants and chest to red

Chapter 2: The Flags

the present one, at first the sun on the flag was used only for war, in the battles for independence was difficult to find the infantry using it, but very common in warships or in general’s bodyguard and national guard

one of the first flags with the patriotic colors, used in the first battles for freedom

the two most common used in the independence campaigns

Chapter 3: Portraits and info.
For now i only put bios of the most importants one

General Jose de San Martin: José Francisco de San Martín Gómez y Matorras, also known as José de San Martín (c. 1778 – 17 August 1850), was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.
Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes in Argentina, he left his mother country at the early age of seven and studied in an aristocratic school in Madrid, Spain, where he met and befriended ChileanBernardo O'Higgins.
In 1808, after joining Spanish forces in the Peninsular War against the French, and after participating in several battles such as the Battle of Bailén, San Martín started making contact with South American supporters of independence from Spain.
In 1812, he set sail for Buenos Aires from England, and offered his services to the United Provinces of South America (present-day Argentina). After the Battle of San Lorenzo of 1813, and some time on command of the Army of the North during 1814, he started to put into action his plan to defeat the Spanish forces that menaced the United Provinces from Upper Perú, making use of an alternative path to the Viceroyalty of Perú. This objective first involved the creation of a new army, the Army of the Andes, in the Province of Cuyo, Argentina. From there, he led the Crossing of the Andes to Chile, and prevailed over the Spanish forces at theBattle of Chacabuco and the Battle of Maipú (1818), thus liberating Chile from Royalist rule. Then he set sail to attack the Spanish stronghold of Lima, Perú, by sea.
On 12 July 1821, after seizing partial control of Lima, San Martín was appointed Protector of Perú, and Peruvian independence was officially declared on 28 July 1821. A year later, after a closed-door meeting with fellow libertador Simón Bolívar at Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 22 July 1822, Bolívar took over the task of fully liberating Peru. San Martín unexpectedly left the country and resigned the command of his army, excluding himself from politics and the military, and moved to France in 1824. The details of the 22 July meeting would be a subject of debate by later historians.
Together with Simón Bolívar, San Martín is regarded as one of the Liberators of Spanish South America. He is the national hero of Argentina. The Order of the Liberator General San Martin(Spanish: Orden del Libertador San Martín) in his honor is the highest decoration in Argentina.

General Manuel Belgrano: Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano, usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820) was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina. He is regarded as one of the main Libertadores of the country.
Belgrano was born in Buenos Aires, the fourth child of the Italian businessman Domingo Belgrano y Peri and Josefa Casero. He came into contact with the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment when studying at the University in Spain by the time the French Revolution took place. Upon his return to the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, where he became a notable member of the criollo population of Buenos Aires, he tried to promote some of the new political and economic ideals, but found severe resistance from local peninsulars. This refusal led him to work towards a greater autonomy for his country from the colonial metropolis. At first, he unsuccessfully promoted the aspirations of Carlota Joaquina to become a regent ruler for the Viceroyalty, at the time the Spanish King Ferdinand VII was imprisoned during the Peninsular War. He later favoured the May Revolution, which removed the viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros from power on 25 May 1810. He was elected as a voting member of the Primera Junta that took power then.
As a delegate for the Junta he led the ill-fated Paraguay campaign, his troops defeated byBernardo Velazco at the battles of Campichuelo and Paraguarí. Even if defeated, his campaign provoked the events that would led to the Independence of Paraguay in May 1811. He then retreated to the vicinity of Rosario, to fortify it against a possible royalist attack from theEastern Band of the Uruguay River. While being there, he created the flag of Argentina. TheFirst Triumvirate did not approve the flag, but because of the slow communications, Belgrano would only learn about it many weeks later, while reinforcing the Army of the North at Jujuy. There, knowing of his strategic disadvantage against the Royalist armies coming from theUpper Peru, Belgrano ordered the Jujuy Exodus, moving the whole population to San Miguel de Tucumán. His counter-offensive at the Battle of Tucumán resulted in a key strategic victory, and it was soon followed by the complete victory over the royalist army of Pío Tristán at theBattle of Salta. However, deeper incursions into the Upper Perú would meet with defeat atVilcapugio and Ayohuma, results that made the Second Triumvirate order his replacement as Commander of the Army of the North for the newly arrived José de San Martín. By then, theAsamblea del Año XIII approved the use of Belgrano's flag as the national war flag.
Belgrano then went on a diplomatic mission to Europe along with Bernardino Rivadavia, seeking support for the revolutionary government. He returned in time to take part in theCongress of Tucumán that would declare the Argentine Independence. There, he promoted theInca plan to create a constitutional monarchy counting on an Inca descendant as Head of State. This proposal had the support of San Martín, Güemes and many provincial delegates, but was strongly rejected by Buenos Aires. The Congress of Tucumán approved the use of his flag as the national flag. After this, Belgrano took once more command of the Army of the North, but his mission was limited to protect Tucumán from Royalist advances while San Martín prepared the Army of the Andes for an alternate offensive across the Andes. When Buenos Aires entered war with José Gervasio Artigas and Estanislao López, he moved the Army southwards, but the troops mutinied on January 1820. Soon after, Belgrano died ofdropsy on 20 June 1820. His last words reportedly were: "¡Ay, Patria mía!" (English: "Alas, motherland of mine!").

Juan José Castelli (July 19, 1764 – October 12, 1812) was an Argentine lawyer. He was one of the leaders of the May Revolution, which started the Argentine War of Independence. He led an ill-fated military campaign to the Upper Peru.
Juan José Castelli was born in Buenos Aires, and attended the schools "Real de San Carlos" and "Monserrat" in the city of Córdoba during his youth. He graduated as lawyer in theUniversity of Charcas. He was a cousin of Manuel Belgrano, who introduced him at the public administration of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. Along with him, Nicolás Rodríguez Peñaand Hipólito Vieytes, Castelli was seeking to generate a revolution to replace the absolute monarchy with the new ideas of the Age of Enlightenment. He led the Buenos Aires patriotsduring the May Revolution, ending with the removal of viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros from power. He is known as the "Speaker of the Revolution" as a result of his speech during theopen cabildo held in Buenos Aires on May 22, 1810.
Castelli was named Committee member of the Primera Junta and was sent to Córdoba to endSantiago de Liniers's counter-revolution. He succeeded and ordered the execution of Liniers and his supporters. Later, he commanded the establishment of a revolutionary government in Alto Perú (today's Bolivia) with the aim of setting the indigenous peoples and African slaves free. In 1811, Castelli signed a truce with the Spanish in Alto Perú but they betrayed him and caught the Northern Army unprepared. As a result, the Argentines suffered a big loss in the Battle of Huaqui on June 20, 1811. When Castelli returned to Buenos Aires, the First Triumvirateimprisoned him for the undesired outcome of the battle. Castelli died shortly after, due to tongue cancer.

General Cornelio Saavedra: Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra y Rodríguez (September 15, 1759 in Otuyo – March 29, 1829 in Buenos Aires) was a military officer and statesman from the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata that was instrumental in the May Revolution, the first step of Argentina's independence from Spain. Saavedra was the first commanding officer of the Regiment of Patricians formed after the 1806-1807 British invasions, making him a prominent figure in local politics. After the successful 1810 May Revolution, he chaired the Presidency of both the First Junta of Government, and its successor Junta Grande. Saavedra later resigned to lead the military campaign of the Army of the North, and his position on the Junta was transferred toDomingo Matheu. Saavedra's departure was exploited by political opponents, who succeeded in replacing the Junta Grande with a Triumvirate, in dismissing members of the former governing body, and in issuing an arrest warrant against Saavedra himself, who remained exiled from Buenos Aires until 1815, when all the charges against him were dropped.

Admiral Guillermo Brown: Admiral William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown) (June 22, 1777 – March 3, 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine Admiral. Brown's victories in the Independence War, theArgentina-Brazil War, and the Guerra Grande in Uruguay earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. Creator and first admiral of the country's maritime forces, he is commonly known as the "father of theArgentine Navy".[2][3][4][5]

General Jose de Urquiza

General Manuel de Rosas:

General Facundo Quiroga:

General Miguel de Guemes:

General Argentino Roca:

General Bartolomé Mitre:

**DiegoArgentino** · February 21, 2011, 11:12 AM

Impresionante macho!!! hace rato que estoy buscando esto, pero no se nada de software, como podria ayudar de todas formas?
I'd like to see San Martin's army crossing the Andes and fighting in Chacabuco!!! and Guemes harrasing the spanish in the North...
I can't wait! mate.
How can I help with the mod?
Saludos
Diego

**♔The Lizard King♔** · February 21, 2011, 03:09 PM

Hey, I'm not from Argentina, and honestly know very little about your history, but I must say this seems to be a very interesting mod. Best of luck with it!