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Battle of Boyacá

August 7, 1819 · Battle of Boyacá

Result Patriot victory

Simón Bolívar, after crossing the Andes from the plains, beat the royalist army and took Bogotá.

On the map Contemporaries

Royalists

Patriots

Spain

Colombia

Venezuela

José María Barreiro Manjón military commander

Simón Bolívar military commander

Francisco de Paula Santander military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 3,000
Casualties: 1,800
Guns: 3
Guns lost: 3

Units

Royalist army of New Granada (1819)

Bolívar's Liberating Army