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The Battle of Boyacá (1819), also known as the Battle of Boyacá Bridge was a decisive victory by a combined army of Venezuelan and New Granadan troops along with a British Legion led by General Simon Bolivar over the III Division of the Spanish Expeditionary Army of Costa Firme commanded by Spanish Colonel José Barreiro.
Battle of Boyacá, (Aug. 7, 1819), in the wars for Latin American independence, encounter near Bogotá that resulted in a victory by South American insurgents over Spanish forces. It freed New Granada (Colombia) from Spanish control.
5 mar 2019 · Simón Bolívar zmierzył się z hiszpańskim generałem José Maríą Barreiro w bitwie w pobliżu rzeki Boyaca w dzisiejszej Kolumbii. Siły hiszpańskie były rozproszone i podzielone, a Bolívar był w stanie zabić lub schwytać prawie wszystkich wrogich bojowników.
7 lip 2013 · The Boyacá Bridge, 14 kilometers from Tunja and 110 kilometers from Bogotá, was the scenario for one of the greatest battles ever fought in the name of independence in Colombia: the Battle of Boyacá.
5 sie 2023 · The Battle of Boyacá celebration commemorates a decisive patriot victory over Spanish and royalist forces on August 7, 1819, during Colombia’s war for independence. It’s the most important battle of the Colombian independence wars and effectively made most of present day Colombia independent.
27 maj 2024 · In the annals of Latin American history, few events loom as large as the Battle of Boyacá. Fought on August 7, 1819 in the Colombian Andes, this clash between patriot and royalist forces marked the culmination of a decade-long struggle for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
19 lip 2019 · To commemorate Colombia’s July 20th independence day, this blogpost discusses the Battle of Boyacá in 1819, led by Simón Bolívar, or the Liberator, who was critical in leading Latin America's wars for independence.
