First Intermedios campaign

First Intermedios campaign
Part of the Peruvian War of Independence
1839 map of the "Intermedios"
Date 1822–1823 Location The "Intermedios" Ocoña Quilca Arica Clicsa Iquique Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Peru	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Rudecindo Alvarado	José de Canterac Gerónimo Valdés
Units involved
United Liberating Army	Royalist Army

The First Intermedios campaign (Spanish: Primera campaña de Intermedios), also known as the 1822 campaign of the Intermedios ports (Spanish: Campaña de los puertos intermedios de 1822), was a military expedition led by General Rudecindo Alvarado on behalf of the Peruvian Congress against the royalist forces stationed in the southern mountains of Peru.

The expedition had been planned by José de San Martín, but in his absence the execution failed, because the patriotic officers did not put the dynamism that the war actions required and also due to the quick reaction of the royalist leaders under the orders of viceroy José de la Serna, who, through forced marches through the Andes, managed to block the path to the United Liberating Army and triumphed in two consecutive battles: Torata and Moquegua (January 19 and 21, 1823).^[1][2]