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Battle of Ayohuma
1813 battle in Spanish American Wars of Independence / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Ayohuma ("dead man's head" in Quechua)[1] was a military action fought on 14 November 1813 during the Spanish American wars of independence. The forces of the Royal Army of Viceroyalty of Peru, commanded by Spaniard General Joaquín de la Pezuela defeated the Army of the North, led by General Manuel Belgrano in their second Upper Peru Campaign of the Argentine War of Independence.
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Battle of Ayohuma | |||||||
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Part of Bolivian War of Independence Argentine War of Independence Spanish American Wars of Independence | |||||||
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3400 soldiers 8 cannon |
3500 soldiers 18 cannon | ||||||
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300 dead 200 wounded 600 prisoners |
42 dead 96 wounded | ||||||
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