Blas de Lezo

Blas De Lezo

Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta (3 February 1689 – 7 September 1741), also known as "Patapalo" (Pegleg), and later as "Mediohombre" (Half-man) for the many wounds suffered in his long military life, was a Spanish admiral, and one of the great strategists and commanders in the history of the Spanish Navy. He is best known for his defensive tactics at the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741) in modern-day Colombia, where Spanish forces crushed a far superior contingent of British maritime and ground forces.