Battle of Yavi

Battle of Yavi
	Part of Argentine War of Independence
Date	November 15, 1816
Location	Jujuy Province22°07′54″S 65°27′48″W / 22.13167°S 65.46333°WCoordinates: 22°07′54″S 65°27′48″W / 22.13167°S 65.46333°W
Result	Royalist victory
Belligerents
United Provinces of South America	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Belgrano	Pedro Antonio de Olañeta
	Location within Bolivia

The Battle of Yavi (also called "the Surprise at Yavi") took place on November 15, 1816, and was one of the military battles to obtain Argentina's independence from Spain.

The Army of the North was defeated at the battle. As a result, the northern border of the Argentine territory collapsed and the provinces of Salta and Jujuy were invaded by the Spaniards. The government in Buenos Aires decided then to continue the fight for independence through the Pacific flank (present-day Chile), under the command of General San Martín, while Salta's caudillo Martín Miguel de Güemes led a guerrilla war to keep at bay the royalist army in the northern provinces. This campaign is retrospectively known as La Guerra Gaucha ("The Gaucho War") after a 1905 novel by Leopoldo Lugones.

The royalist officers opposing him were Pedro Antonio de Olañeta, , and Field Marshal José de la Serna. The independentist troops at Yavi were commanded by , popularly known as Marquis of Yavi, as commander of the eastern flank of General Güemes' army. Fernández Campero was a Spaniard landowner who supported the revolution.

External links[]

(in Spanish) Ejército del Norte
(in Spanish) argentinaturismo
(in Spanish) Página 12

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