Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo
Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo (4 November 1765 or 1767 – 7 March 1834 or 1835) was a Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War.
After fighting the French in Murcia, Granada, and Valencia (1810-1812), Freire succeeded Pedro Agustín Girón in command of the Fourth Army, or Army of Galicia.[1] His corps triumphed over Soult at the Battle of San Marcial on 31 August 1813, earning him the San Fernando Cross. At the Battle of the Bidassoa on 7 October, he led the divisions of Generals Del Barco and Barcena across the river to capture French positions on Mont Calvaire.[2] Freire also participated in the Battle of Nivelle on 10 November.[3] He fought with "conspicuous gallantry"[4] at the Battle of Toulouse in 1814, where his two divisions were desperately mauled in the fighting for the French redoubts on Mont Rave.[5]
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- Gates, David. The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Da Capo Press 2001. ISBN 0-306-81083-2
- Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807-1814. London: Penguin, 2001. ISBN 0-141-39041-7
- Longford, Elizabeth. Wellington: The Years of The Sword. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1969.
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