José de Barboza

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Intro

Spanish general

Places

Spain

Military leader Military personnel

Work field

Military

Gender

Male

Death

1781

Place of death

Gibraltar, United Kingdom

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Biography

Trumbull The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789 (detail), the death of Don José de Barboza

Don José de Barboza (1700s-November 27, 1781) was an officer of the Kingdom of Spain.

Biography

José de Barboza was one of the young officers sent to the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Though abandoned by his men, Barboza fought on and attacked the British column head-on and was mortally wounded by a gunshot wound to the chest. He refused aid by the British Governor of Gibraltar, George Augustus Elliott, earning the respect of the British. His last moments are romanticised in John Trumbull's famous painting, The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789.

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