Merger of The Regiments and A New Commander
Saavedra soon resigned as unit commander of the 1st Regiment on November 11, 1810 and was replaced by Manuel Belgrano. At the same day, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments merged to become the 1st Infantry Regiment "Patricios" with Belgrano as the commander of the new regiment.
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“A commander in the field must sometimes go against the king’s orders.”
—Chinese proverb.