Battle of Taguanes
Date31 July 1813
Location
Tinaquillo, Venezuela
9°55′N 68°18′W / 9.917°N 68.300°W / 9.917; -68.300
Result Patriot victory
Domingo de Monteverde flees to Puerto Cabello
Belligerents
Venezuelan Patriots
United Provinces of New Granada		 Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
General Simon Bolivar Col. Julián Izquierdo †
Strength
2500[1] 1800[1]

The Battle of Taguanes was fought between Spanish royalists and the Second Republic of Venezuela on 31 July 1813 during the Admirable Campaign of the War of Venezuelan Independence.

Simon Bolivar and his patriots won the battle handily, defeating the Spanish (and killing their colonel)[1] and eventually capturing Valencia on 2 August and Caracas on 3 August.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Montenegro Colón, pp. 141-142

Bibliography

  • Montenegro Colón, Feliciano (1837). General Geography for the Use of the Youth of Venezuela. Damiron and Dupouy.



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