José González Lubie
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José González | |||||
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| Born | c. 1748 Barcelona, Spain | ||||
| Died | 24 April 1833 (aged 84–85) Barcelona | ||||
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José González Lubie (c. 1748 – 24 April 1833) was a Spanish army officer.
In 1767, González enlisted as a sub-lieutenant in the Regiment of Foreign Volunteers, seeing action during the amphibious assault on Algiers in 1775, where he had to take command of his company following the death of the captain and the wounding of the lieutenant.[1]
In 1776, he was promoted to Grenadier sub-lieutenant and Fusilier lieutenant later that year. However, he was discharged at the end of the year when his regiment was disbanded.[1]
In 1777, González was transferred to the Savoyard Regiment and saw action at the Great Siege of Gibraltar, where he was promoted to Grenadier lieutenant.[1]
Following action at the Invasion of Minorca (1781), he was promoted to captain and returned to Gibraltar, serving under Gravina aboard the floating battery San Cristóbal when it was bombarded and destroyed in September 1782.[1] That November, González was promoted to Fusilier captain. He then saw action at the sieges of Oran (1790–1792) and Ceuta (1790–1791).[1]
In 1792, when the Volunteer Battalion of Tarragona was raised, he was appointed its sargento mayor (second in command).[1]
War of the Pyrenees
Integrated into the Army of Roussillon, in April 1793, his battalion saw action under Antonio Ricardos at Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans and Céret. González was promoted to colonel in 1793 and saw action at Mas Deu, Port Vendres, Saint-Elme and at the Siege of Collioure (1794), where he was the only commander who refused to sign the capitulation.[1]
War of the Oranges
In 1801, González participated in the siege that led to the fall of Campo Maior.[1]