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==Campaign for Independence==
 
==Campaign for Independence==
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He resigned from the Spanish army in 1811 and moved to [[England]], where his new-found sympathy for colonial independence dovetailed with a British desire to reduce Spanish influence in the Americas. He sailed to [[Buenos Aires]] on a British frigate, and a brilliant six-year campaign, including an audacious crossing of the Andes, drove royalist forces from the whole of southern South America.
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He resigned from the Spanish army in 1811 and moved to [[England]], where his new-found sympathy for colonial independence dovetailed with a British desire to reduce Spanish influence in the Americas. He sailed to [[Buenos Aires]] on a British frigate, and a brilliant six-year campaign, including an audacious crossing of the Andes, drove royalist forces from the whole of southern [[South America]].
    
[[Category:Military Commanders|San Martin, Jose de]]
 
[[Category:Military Commanders|San Martin, Jose de]]
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