Martín García-Loygorri [SEP] date of death
Martín García-Loygorri
Martín García-Loygorri ("born" García-Arista) e Ichaso (5 June 1759 in Corella, Navarra, Spain – 30 January 1824 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish soldier and reformer of Spanish Artillery.
Military.
As a boy from a noble family, he was admitted at age thirteen as a cadet at School of Artillery. His first major battle was the Siege of Melilla (1774) against the troops of the Sultán of Morocco. From 1801 to 1807,
Battle of Alcañiz
The Battle of Alcañiz resulted in the defeat of Major-General Louis Gabriel Suchet's French army on 23 May 1809 by a Spanish force under General Joaquín Blake y Joyes.
The victory is credited to General Martín García-Loygorri's superb command of the Spanish artillery, which allowed the French columns to close and then mauled them with well-directed salvos. Loygorri was later promoted to Field Marshal and became the first artillery officer ever to receive the Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand.
Forces.