He is there, wating his next battle

The life of the captain Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta, one of the most important marines in the Iberian military history, seems to arise from a legend or an adventure novel. His long life reached his climax during the Cartagena de Indies war in 1741 that take him to the glory but ironically also closed his destiny like one of the biggest forgotten heroes of the history. Thanks to him Spain got the control of the America and reaffirmed the powerful navy during half a century until the Trafalgar battle in 1805.

He was born in the province of Guipuzcoa in 1689 in a family that loved the sea. He entered the French navy and get involved in the Velez Malaga battle. He then entered the marine of his country, Spain. From there on his body become a souvenir of every battle. First he lost the left leg with a canon bullet. In the Santa Catalina de Tolon battle 1707 he lost his left eye. If it was not enough in Barcelona he lost his the right arm. He lost an ear later on. This man no mattering how his body was he still continued to battle and become a hero. The story said that he never said a word while he was suffering in the operations of his body. The Spanish men had respect for him. He was very lucky to not suffer any infection in his body while his body got cured. He was a great man, had passion for marine battles and always was there, without leg, arm, eye and ear, but always willing to fight again.

This is what we should call a hero. Just imagine him without many parts of his body but his love to continuing fighting at the sea was heavier. He fought and continued fighting for his country. This should be an example for us, the willingness of fighting not giving importance to the difficulties. He continued fighting until his death of pest. A hero that is now not remembered, an unknown hero, a man that gave his body for his love. His spirit is there in the sea waiting for his next battle.