Juan Baget

Juan de la Cruz Baget y Pamiés (25 November 1775 – August 1809 or 1818)

The Junta de Lérida had appointed Baget commander-in-chief of the 1st Tercio de Miqueletes and commanding officer of the Volunteer Somatenes —including the Somatenes de Igualada and Verdú, among others— with three captains, four lieutenants and two second lieutenants at his orders, against General Lechi's 7,000 troops. Traggia and Baget landed at Tarragona on 22 July 1808 and marched towards Gerona, to force the French to lift the siege there. and commander-in-chief of the Borbon Infantry Regiment, at Martorell, Baget's force would form the second column of the four that Caldagues led to relieve Gerona (16 August).

The following 31 August, Baget returned to Lérida with the four companies with which he had fought at Bruch, Llobregat and Gerona.

On 15 May 1809, at the head of the 1st Tercio de Miqueletes de Lérida, he participated, together with colonels Perena and Rodríguez, in the victory of the so-called battle of the Cinca River, at which Marshal Habert's 3,500 troops

Death There are two versions as to his death. The first claims he was shot by a firing squad shortly after his capture.