Tercio de Cántabros Montañeses was a unit of infantry militias of the city of Buenos Aires of active participation during the English invasions to the Río de la Plata.
donations of the 4th Regiment, Gazeta de Buenos Ayres
donations of the 4th Regiment, Gazeta de Buenos Ayres
Ignacio Álvarez Thomas
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José Ignacio Álvarez Thomas was a Peruvian-born Argentine military officer, statesman and diplomat. He served as interim Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata between 6 May 1
Tercio de Cántabros Montañeses
…formed on the basis of the Cántabros Battalion and the Tercio de Andaluces. Among his distinguished officers were the Colonels Don José Merelo and Don Ignacio Álvarez Thomas, and the lieutenants Manuel Canaveris and Ángel Galup…
Daguerreotype of Álvarez Thomas, 1850s