Bartolomé Mitre, who is credited with being one of the designers of the necessary foundation myth of the homeland, tells with poignant prose in his book "History San Martín "(something like the official story is narrated in schools for over 100 years) a major segment of the Battle of San Lorenzo, which is the beginning of the independence-oriented place for Argentina San Martín , Chile and Peru in the nineteenth century:
"... The head of the English columns, disorganized in the first charge, which was almost simultaneous, fell back on the rear half and broke a large fire on the assailants, receiving several of them at the top of their bayonets. San Martín, in front of his squad, he found the column commanded by the commander himself Zabala, chief of all the landing force. When you reach the point-blank line received a discharge of musketry and a gunshot shrapnel, killing his horse threw him down on the ground, taking her leg in the fall. Trabose around partial combat knife, he received a slight wound on his face sable. A English soldier was just on the walk through with the bayonet when one of his grenadiers, called Baigorria (puntano), it passed with his spear. Unable to rise from the ground and use their weapons, San Martin would have died in that trance, if another of its soldiers had not come to his aid dismounted resolutely throwing and throwing, sword in hand in the middle of the fray. With Herculean strength and serenity, his boss rid of the dead horse that had oppressed, in fact the enemies Zabala revived by the cries of "Long live the King!" Is preparing to react and get in that act two fatal wounds screaming with integrity: "I die happy! We have beaten the enemy! "Juan Bautista Cabral was called the hero of last row, was a native of Corrientes, and died two hours later saying the same thing ..."
This heroic scene represented in such a short paragraph of a long book, mentions memorable one-time sergeant to Cabral, who sacrifice their lives for the General San Martín and whose gesture is paid in March of San Lorenzo [1] , every schoolchild learns in the early years of schooling.
As befits mature people, history and reviews its actions was real or not the action of this soldier and other facts of the General San Martín, which acquires significance is the moral value of heroism on which is founded a country. Even the Grenadier Baigorria is mentioned in this paragraph, although little is remembered. In addition, it noted that the same revisionism, despite discussing San Martin who was the son does not deny a personality of greatness yet has been achieved by any historical figure, much less contemporary.
The photo reproduced in the notes as Argentine San Martín in his old age is part of the daguerreotype "Portrait of General San Martín", Paris, 1848.
[1] "... Cabral, heroic soldier, covered with glory, what price victory, surrenders his life, becoming immortal, and there, his courage saved the nascent freedom half a continent, Honor, honor Cabral great! ... " (Lyrics: Carlos J. Benielli - Music: Cayetano A. Silva). Premiered on October 30, 1902 at the inauguration of the Monument to General San Martin, in Santa Fe
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