Guillermo Pintos

Guillermo Pintos
Birth nameGuillermo Pintos Ledesma
Born26 January 1856
Chafarinas Islands, Spain
Died29 July 1909(1909-07-29) (aged 53)
Mount Gurugu, Morocco
AllegianceSpain
Service / branchSpanish Army
Years of service1872–1909
RankBrigadier general
Battles / wars3rd Carlist War (1874–1876)
Ten Years' War (1876–1878)
Moro conflict (1891)
Cuban War (1896–1897)
2nd Melillan campaign (1909)
Alma materInfantry Academy

Guillermo Pintos Ledesma (26 January 1856 – 27 July 1909) was a Spanish Army officer. He took part in the Third Carlist War, the Ten Years' War, the Moro conflict, and the 1895–1898 Cuban War. Promoted to brigadier general in 1905, he was killed in action at a ravine called Barranco del Lobo, during the Second Melillan campaign, leading a column of light infantry that was ambushed by Riffians at the foothills of the Mount Gurugu.