Salamanca de Romarate - Spanish naval commander

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Salamanca de Romarate - Spanish naval commander

Post by Anatol » Wed Dec 04, 2024 3:11 pm

Jacinto de Romarate Salamanca (1775 – 1836) was a Spanish Navy officer who fought in the British invasions of the River Plate and on the Royalist side during the Argentine War of Independence. Back in Spain, he participated in the First Carlist War.
He was born at Güeñes, in Biscay, and joined the Spanish navy. He moved to Puerto Rico first, and then to Montevideo. He participated in the recaptured of Buenos Aires during the first British invasion of the River Plate, commanding the ship La Vizcaína. He was wounded during the battle, and promoted afterwards. Romarate fought as well in the defense of Buenos Aires against the second invasion.
Romarate did not accept the legitimacy of the government Junta established in 1808 by Javier de Elío in Montevideo, and moved to Buenos Aires. He rejected as well the May Revolution, which succeeded in deposing the viceroy. When the Primera Junta took government, Romarate moved back to Montevideo. He also refused support to the mutiny of Álzaga, a Royalist plot eventually suppressed by the Buenos Aires government. Montevideo declared war on Buenos Aires, and Romarate fought in the naval blockade imposed to the city. During the battle of San Nicolás, he defeated a rudimentary flotilla, which was sending reinforcements to Manuel Belgrano in the Paraguay campaign. He was finally defeated by Guillermo Brown during the Battle of Martín García.
The Battle of Martín García was fought from 10 to 15 March 1814 between the forces of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata under the command of then-Lieutenant Colonel Guillermo Brown, and the royalist forces commanded by frigate captain Jacinto de Romarate, defending the region.
After a small naval engagement where the running aground of the leading revolutionary vessel gave the royalists a small victory, but suffering numerous casualties, the United Provinces troops took the island by assault forcing Romarate's squadron to retreat.
Brown's victory divided the enemy's forces, and secured the United Provinces' control of access to the interior waterways, and made possible their advance on Montevideo. After the decisive victory at the Buceo engagement, they could also blockade the city to the open sea completing the land blockade by the army, causing the city's surrender.

Romarate would not surrender until the capitulation of Montevideo, and then requested to return to Spain to fight in the Peninsular War.
The design of the stamp is based on the painting by artist Jose Murature 1865: "Battle of Martin Garcia. 1814"
PMR 2019; [P].
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto_de_Romarate/
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