Battle of Taguanes
Battle of Taguanes | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Venezuelan Patriots United Provinces of New Granada | Spanish Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
General Simon Bolivar | Col. † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2500[1] | 1800[1] |
The Battle of Taguanes was fought between Spanish royalists and the Second Republic of Venezuela on July 31, 1813 during the Admirable Campaign of the War of Venezuelan Independence. Simon Bolivar and his patriots won the battle handily, defeating the Spanish (and killing their colonel)[1] and eventually capturing Valencia on August 2 and Caracas on August 3.
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- Montenegro Colón, Feliciano (1837). General Geography for the Use of the Youth of Venezuela. Damiron and Dupouy.
Categories:
- Conflicts in 1813
- Battles of the Venezuelan War of Independence
- July 1813 events
- 1813 in Venezuela
- Battle stubs