Martín de la Carrera

Martín de La Carrera (18th century – 1812) was a Spanish military commander.

Early career

A captain during the War of the Pyrenees, he was badly wounded by a bullet to the chest.

As a colonel, in 1808 La Carrera was transferred to the Guardia Real, and sent with La Romana's expeditionary force to Denmark, where he was attached to the King's Cavalry Regiment.

Towards the end of May, La Carrera left a small detachment of 200 men at Sanabria and marched up to Santiago de Compostela with 1,500 men, 70 horse, and nine guns and they went on to defeat Marshal Soult at the Battle of Puente Sanpayo.

In 1810 he saw action in Extremadura, leading a relief party into Ciudad Rodrigo and capturing Cáceres.

En 1811, still in Extremadura, La Carrera fought at the Battle of Albuera, before moving down into Andalusia and then Murcia. In September he was given the command of the Cavalry of Mahy's re-organised 3rd Army.

La Carrera was killed in action at Murcia.