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The Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers "General San Martín" (Spanish: Regimiento de Granaderos a Caballo "General San Martín") is the name of two Argentine Army regiments of two different time periods: a historic regiment that operated from 1812 to 1826, and a modern cavalry unit that was organized in 1903.
On May 18, 1804, with the creation of the Imperial Guard, the horse grenadier regiment was integrated in this newly created unit. A decree from July of that year stated that the general staff of the regiment was to be extended to 32 men and that the regiment would be organised in four squadrons of two companies each, with 123 men in each ...
The Imperial Guard was created at the start of the First Empire by imperial decree on July 29, 1804, replacing the Consular Guard.It initially comprised three cavalry units: the régiment des mounted chasseurs, the mounted grenadier regiment, and the mameluk company (attached to the mounted chasseurs).
Unlike most other units that carried the title of grenadiers, the Mounted Grenadiers were a cavalry unit. The Argentine Army still maintains a prestigious unit known as the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers (Regimiento de Granaderos a Caballo)--actually a squadron-strength formation—which serves as the Presidential ceremonial escort and guard unit.
Cap badge of the regiment [3]. The Grenadier Guards trace their lineage back to 1656, [4] when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised from gentlemen of the Honourable Artillery Company by the then heir to the throne, Prince Charles (later King Charles II), in Bruges, in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), where it formed a part of the exiled King's bodyguard. [5]
The Battle of San Lorenzo was fought on 3 February 1813 in San Lorenzo, Argentina, then part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.The royalist troops were composed of militiamen recruited in Montevideo under the command of militia captain Antonio Zabala, who were defeated by the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers under the command of José de San Martín.
1st (1st East Prussian) Grenadiers "Crown Prince" 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers; 1st Cavalry Regiment (Chile) 3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadiers; 5th Guards Grenadiers; 11th Fanagoriysky Grenadier Regiment; 14th Georgian Grenadier Regiment; 101st Grenadiers; 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers
On July 9, 1810, after the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by the French Empire, the Dutch Grenadiers were incorporated into the French Imperial Guard [1]. Initially numbered 2nd Foot Grenadiers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (2ème Régiment de grenadiers à pied de la Garde impériale), they were part of the Middle Guard [1].