Cuzco Rebellion of 1814

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Cuzco Rebellion of 1814
Part of the Peruvian War of Independence
Date3 August 1814–25 March 1815
Location
Intendancies of Cuzco, Huamanga, Arequipa, Puno, and La Paz, Spanish Empire
Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
[a] Government Junta of Cuzco Spain Peru
Commanders and leaders
José Angulo  Executed
[b] Vicente Angulo  Executed
Mariano Angulo  Executed
Juan Angulo  (POW)
[b] Mateo Pumacahua  Executed
Manuel Hurtado  †
José Gabriel Béjar  Executed
[b] Mariano Melgar  Executed
Juan Manuel Pinelo
José María Corbacho
José Pérez  Surrendered
Ildefonso de las Muñecas		 Spain José Fernando de Abascal
Spain Juan Ramírez Orozco
Spain Francisco Picoaga
Spain José Gabriel Moscoso
Spain Manuel Pardo
Spain Gregorio de Hoyos
Strength

12,000–36,000 men
2,000 horses
600–800 rifles
40 cannons

Huamanga Expedition:[6]
5,000 men
5,000 horses
800 armed troops
18 cannons
2 culverins

La Paz Expedition:[7]
2,000 men with traditional arms
500 men with rifles
8 cannons		 Ramírez's division:
1,200 soldiers
40 horses
6 pieces of artillery

The Cuzco Rebellion of 1814 was an episode of the Peruvian War of Independence led by the Angulo brothers and Mateo Pumacahua that took place in much of the province of Cuzco, including Huamanga, Arequipa and Puno, as well as part of the province of Charcas. The uprising involved the proclamation of the autonomy and self-government of Cuzco from the Viceroyalty of Peru, governed by Viceroy José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa. The junta was modelled and intended to follow the steps of the Junta of Buenos Aires.

The conflict began on August 3, 1814 with an uprising in Cuzco and ended with the liberation of the city on March 25, 1815 by the royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of Peru.

Notes[]

  1. ^ "They designed a flag with the colors white and blue, distinctive of the habit of the Virgen de las Mercedes, whom they designated patron of their arms."[1]
  2. ^ a b c "The expedition of which he was a part came to an unfortunate end in Umachiri, but when the battle began, the inspiration of the poet made him raise in his ranks an austere and decisive insignia: the black flag of the war to the death."[2]
    "The expedition of which he was a part came to an unfortunate end in Umachiri, but when the battle began, the inspiration of the poet made him raise in his ranks an austere and decisive insignia: the black flag of the war to the death."[3][4]
    "[...] put in front of him the bloody insignia of a black flag, as a sign of cruelty that we would be denied barracks; Instead of cowing my troops, he inspired in them only ardor and the desire to die with honor."[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Cisneros Velarde, Leonor; Lumbreras, Luis Guillermo; López Mendoza, Víctor (2005). Historia general del ejército peruano (in Spanish). Lima: Comisión Permanente de la Historia del Ejército del Perú. p. 27.
  2. ^ Denegri Luna, Félix (1972). Antología de la Independencia del Perú (in Spanish). Lima: Publicaciones de la Comisión Nacional del Sesquicentenario de la Independencia del Perú. p. 190. hdl:20.500.12934/77.
  3. ^ Eguiguren, Luis Antonio (1914). La revolución de 1814. Tipografía "La Opinión Nacional".
  4. ^ Ulloa, José Casimiro (1880). La revolución de 1814. Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán, ed. Revista Peruana. Vol. IV. Imprenta Liberal. pp. 91–110.
  5. ^ San Cristóval, Evaristo (1919). La revolución del Cuzco, 1814 (in Spanish). Lima: Imprenta "Gloria". p. 166.
  6. ^ Eguiguren, 1914: 64
  7. ^ Eguiguren, 1914: 50
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