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JOSE' DE - THE KNIGHT OF THE ANDES. One of the principal liberators of South America from Spanish rule was Jose de . He is also known as Argentina's liberator, and was one of the principal revolutionary fighters against royalist forces in South America. He was a m ....

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.... He started his military career early in the Murcia infantry regiment (South Eastern Spain). He served as an army officer against the forces of Napoleon between 1808 and 1811. Even though was loyal towards his mother country (Spain) when he fought against Napoleon, he disliked the traditional absolute monarchy and the existing colonial system. In 1811, he decided to resign from Spanish service. After meeting revolutionary Spanish Americans in London, England, he sailed for Buenos Aires, and was almost immediately taken into service in the revolutionary regime. As a very experienced soldier, he was a great asset in the revolutionary movement in Sou ....