The Original Mounted Grenadiers of 1812-1826
The regiment was founded by Argentine national hero José de San Martín in 1812. The first military action of the regiment was the Battle of San Lorenzo (1813). The regiment also played a key role as part of the Army of the Andes (Spanish: Ejército de los Andes) in the battles of Chacabuco (1817) and Maipú (1818) in Chile. And later in Perú, Ecuador and Bolivia at the Battles of Riobamba, Pichincha (1822) and Ayacucho (1824), and in the Cisplatine War. The regimental strength had fallen to 120 men (troop size) and the regiment was disbanded in 1827, at the height of its final actions.
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