Blas De Lezo in Cartagena De Indias: «Every Man Here Must Die Before Handing over the Square to the Enemy»

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Blas de Lezo became one of the most remembered figures in Spanish naval history thanks to the defense of Cartagena de Indias in 1741. Faced with a British expedition far superior in men and ships, the Basque sailor managed to resist for weeks and forced Edward Vernon to withdraw his troops. The phrase attributed to him, «Every man must die here before handing over the square to the enemy», sums up the spirit of a resistance that ended up changin…