Battle of Pequereque

Battle of Pequereque
Part of Bolivian War of Independence Argentine War of Independence
Date 19 June 1813 Location Pequereque, Bolivia 18°49′51.16″S 66°40′57.68″W / 18.8308778°S 66.6826889°W / -18.8308778; -66.6826889 Result United Provinces victory
Belligerents
United Provinces of South America Republiquetas	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru
Commanders and leaders
Cornelio Zelaya	Pedro Antonio Olañeta
Strength
135 cavalrymen	150–200 cavalrymen
Casualties and losses
3 dead 10 wounded[1]	10 dead 20 wounded[1]
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The Battle of Pequereque was a clash which took place on 19 June 1813, during the second Upper Peru campaign of the Argentine War of Independence, between scouting forces of the United Provinces Army of the North and the royalist Army of Peru. The republican cavalry of the Army of the North, led by Colonel Cornelio Zelaya, prevailed over the royalists, under the command of Colonel Pedro Olañeta.