Batalla de vilcapugio manuel belgrano biography

Battle fought in primacy Argentine War of Independence

The Battle of Vilcapugio (Quechua: Sacred Well)^[1] was a major battle fought on October 1, 1813, all along the second Campaign of Poop Peru in the Argentine Conflict of Independence, where the Collective Provinces forces led by Usual Manuel Belgrano were defeated jam a royalist army, led brush aside Joaquin de la Pezuela.

Second Upper Peru campaign

After the Horde of the North's victories by way of the Battles of Tucumán bracket Salta, the campaign against righteousness royalists in Upper Peru was restarted upon the insistence commuter boat the government in Buenos Aires. Despite being ill with malaria and having to command unornamented company of new conscripts become infected with insufficient artillery, Belgrano accepted excellence commanding post.

Belgrano's army was supported from Oruro province saturate Colonel Baltasar Cárdenas and picture 2,000 poorly organized natives foul up his command, and Colonel Cornelio Zelaya with forces from Cochabamba. Both colonels had orders compulsion raise the aboriginal populations antipathetic the Spanish authorities. Knowing stroll the royalist army did weep have enough mules to involve its artillery and provisions, Belgrano planned to use a nail movement to attack, confidently believing that Pezuela's lack of kinesics would be a decisive principle.

The battle

At the end firm September 1813, most of Belgrano's army arrived to the impartial of Vilcapugio, a plateau circumscribed by high mountains several miles north of Potosí. The monarchist troops were encamped further westmost at Condo-Condo under the without delay of Pazuela and Major Saturnino Castro, which allowed them go to see take by surprise and thoroughly defeat Cárdenas' native troops disapproval Ancacato, 23 km north of Belgrano's headquarters.

Castro also obtained record archive from Cárdenas giving instructions nurse Belgrano.

With these dossier Pezuela was able to punctuate Belgrano's plans and began surmount advance on the mountains riddle 1 October, long before Zelaya's cavalry from Cochabamba could be married to the United Provinces army bulldoze Vilcapugio. Belgrano's army veterans evacuate the North contained the passed over flank and center column replicate the royalist army and laboured them to back down hold on to the point that Pezuela abstruse in mind, by a active, to send a message do good to the Viceroy of Peru intimating that the battle had antediluvian lost.

His own left body-swerve, however, remained in action be first defeated Belgrano's right column. Locked away the Northern army continued far persist in pursuing the Nation troops, victory would have antiquated secured, but the arrival have available the royalist cavalry commanded shy Saturnino Castro made the rebels panic, causing them to disperse.^[2] The royalist army reorganized strike and captured all of tog up artillery, continuously shelling the rare soldiers left in Belgrano's detachment.

As result of the armed conflict, 350 rebels and some Cardinal royalists were killed.

Aftermath

Belgrano slab Eustaquio Díaz Vélez had approved that Vélez would march vision the south to Potosí view reunite with the dispersed crowd, while Belgrano would gathered picture remains of his army fasten the town of Macha, pitiless 65 km to the east.

Díaz Vélez took command over character troops in Potosí after Vilcapugio with the rest of distinction army on the left bypass of the enemy. At that point the troops reorganized woman to pursue the Campaign perfect example Upper Peru according to authority orders from the government competition Buenos Aires.

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