Battle of Vilcapugio

Battle of Vilcapugio
	Part of Bolivian War of Independence; Argentine War of Independence
	; Old map of the battle
Date	1 October 1813
Location	Bolivia19°2′19″S 66°33′31″W / 19.03861°S 66.55861°W
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Provinces of Río de la Plata; Republiquetas	Spanish Empire; Viceroyalty of Peru
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Belgrano	Joaquín de la Pezuela
Strength
3,400 soldiers; 14 cannon	3,500 soldiers; 12 cannon
Casualties and losses
350 dead	200 dead
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Bolivia Battle of Vilcapugio (South America) Battle of Vilcapugio (America)

The Battle of Vilcapugio (Quechua: Sacred Well)^[1] was a major battle fought on October 1, 1813, during the second Campaign of Upper Peru in the Argentine War of Independence, where the United Provinces forces led by General Manuel Belgrano were defeated by a royalist army, led by Joaquin de la Pezuela.

^ López, Vicente Fidel (1881).La revolucion argentina: su origen, sus guerras, y su desarrollo político hasta 1830, Volume 1. Imprenta y librería de Mayo, de C. Casavalle, p. 21 (in Spanish)

v t e Upper Peru Campaigns 1810–1817
First campaign Cotagaita Suipacha Huaqui Second campaign Tucumán Salta Pequereque Vilcapugio Tambo Nuevo Ayohuma Third campaign Viluma Fourth campaign Yavi La Tablada Sopahuy
Argentine War of Independence Bolivian War of Independence