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Clemente de Lantano
Clemente de Lantano Pino was a royalist military officer during the Chilean War of Independence. Later, during the Spanish reconquest, he changed sides and fought for independence against the royalist forces.
Before the beginning of the war, Lantano was simply a well-connected large estate owner of Nuble Province. In 1814 Spanish Brigadier Gabino Gainza put him in command of one of his main guerrilla columns, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He participated in the Battle of El Roble, the Battle of Membrillar and the Disaster of Rancagua, among other military actions. But the capture in 1814 of the Carrera ...
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