British Legions
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british-legions-220-1031221
title:
British Legions
text:
The British Legion or British Legions were foreign volunteer units which fought under Simón Bolívar against Spain for the independence of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, and under José de San Martín for the independence of Peru, in the Spanish American wars of independence. Venezuelans generally called them the Albion Legion. They were composed of over seven thousand volunteers, mainly Napoleonic War veterans from Great Britain and Ireland, as well as some German veterans and some locals recru
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Legions
date created:
2007-07-25T22:16:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T15:10:48Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16