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Battle of Los Horcones
Part of Venezuelan War of Independence

Route of the Admirable Campaign
Date22 July 1813
Location
Plain of Los Horcones
Lara state, Venezuela
10°00′44″N 69°27′03″W / 10.01222°N 69.45083°W / 10.01222; -69.45083
Result Patriotic victory
Belligerents
Patriotas Spanish Empire
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.

  1. ^ "22 de julio de 1813, Batalla de Los Horcones" (in Spanish). Procuraduría General de la República. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

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