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.
| Battle of Taguanes | |||||||
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| Part of The Admirable Campaign | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} Venezuelan Patriots.svg){kind=small} United Provinces of New Granada |
.svg){kind=small} Spanish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| General Simon Bolivar | Col. Julián Izquierdo † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,500[1] | 1,800[1] | ||||||
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.
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edit- Montenegro Colón, Feliciano (1837). General Geography for the Use of the Youth of Venezuela. Damiron and Dupouy.
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