| Battle of Araure | |||||||
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| Part of the Venezuelan War of Independence (Military career of Simón Bolívar) | |||||||
 Bolivar hands over the captured flag of Numancia to his Batallion without name | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Patriots |
 Royalists | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Simón Bolívar |
José Ceballos | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 infantry and cavalry |
3,500-5,000 infantry 500 cavalry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 800 dead | 1,000 dead | ||||||
The Battle of Araure was fought during the short-lived Second Republic of Venezuela on 5 December 1813, in the city of Araure in Portuguesa State, Venezuela. Simon Bolivar's force defeated General José Ceballos.
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