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{{Short description|Chilean soldier and politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Baquedano|González|lang=Spanish}}
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*[[1851 Chilean Revolution|Revolution of 1851]]
**[[Battle of Loncomilla]]
*[[Revolution of 1859]]
*[[Occupation of Araucanía]]
*[[War of the Pacific]]
**[[Battle of Pisagua]]
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**[[Battle of Chorrillos]]
**[[Battle of Miraflores]]
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'''Manuel Jesús Baquedano González''' ({{IPA
Manuel Baquedano was of [[Spain|Spanish]] ([[Navarra]]) descent.<ref>''[http://www.genealog.cl/Chile/B/Baquedano/ GENEALOGIA DE LA FAMILIA BAQUEDANO]'', genealog.cl</ref> He took part in the [[War of the Confederation]], the revolutions of [[1851 Chilean Revolution|1851]] and [[Revolution of 1859|1859]], the [[Occupation of Araucanía]], and the War of the Pacific. He also served as [[Senate of Chile|Senator]] for [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] and for [[Colchagua (historical province)|Colchagua]]. He was instrumental in reorganizing the Army and establishing the Military Academy.<ref name="bcn">{{cite web |author=''Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile'' (Congressional Library) |title=Manuel Jesús Baquedano González |url=http://historiapolitica.bcn.cl/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Manuel_Jesús_Baquedano_González |
==Early life==
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Baquedano's military strategy in this war consisted mainly in frontal attack to break the often over-extended enemy lines.<ref name=faelc/><ref name="Bradford2004">{{cite book|author=James C. Bradford|title=International Encyclopedia of Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ELDlCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT816|date=1 December 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-95034-7|pages=816–}}</ref> Although he had little training in strategy, he is remembered as a general who personally directed battles resulting in decisive victories.<ref name=faelc/><ref name=gv>[[Gonzalo Vial Correa|Vial Correa, Gonzalo]]. ''Chilenos del bicentenario: Manuel Baquedano''.</ref> He was a strict disciplinarian: he had a soldier shot for cowardice at the Battle of Chorrillos. Of a stubborn and obstinate nature, he tolerated no argument once he had taken a decision.<ref name="Geocities">{{cite web|url=//www.geocities.com/cpl_1879/solda/chilenos/baquedano.html |title=Biografía del general Baquedano |publisher=www.geocities.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417001749/http://www.geocities.com/cpl_1879/solda/chilenos/baquedano.html |archive-date=April 17, 2001 }}</ref>
After the Battle of Tacna, when his tactics were publicly criticised in the ''[[El Mercurio de Valparaíso]]'' newspaper, an enraged Baquedano had the reporter arrested and held incommunicado aboard the warship ''[[Chilean corvette Abtao (1866)|Abtao]]''. The historian [[Francisco Antonio Encina|Francisco Encina]], while recognizing Baquedano's courage, described him as having a "poverty of ideas" and a poor command of tactics.<ref name=faelc/> Baquedano's main political rival, [[José Francisco Vergara
==Later life ==
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[[Category:Senators of the XX Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile]]
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