Battle of Los Horcones | |||||||
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Part of Venezuelan War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
José Félix Ribas Jacinto Lara José Florencio Jiménez |
Francisco Oberto P. González de Fuentes Manuel Cañas | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500 men 60 cavalry |
700 men 100 cavalry 4 artillery pieces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Many dead |
Many dead 300 captured Artillery, weapons, medical supplies and transports captured. |
The Battle of Los Horcones, part of the Admirable Campaign, was a military conflict in Venezuela during the Spanish American wars of independence fought on 22 July 1813 between the pro-independence forces led by José Félix Ribas and Spanish Royalist troops under colonel Francisco Oberto at the plain of Los Horcones.[1] Ribas was victorious, capturing much of the Spanish equipment and more than 300 prisoners.