Second Battle of La Puerta | |||||||||
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Part of Venezuelan War of Independence | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Simón Bolívar Santiago Mariño José Tadeo (WIA) Manuel Cedeño |
![]() Francisco Tomás Morales | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
3,000 men[1] 9 canons |
7,500[1] 2 canons | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1,000 dead 1,500 prisoners killed[1] | 200 dead[1] | ||||||||
Location within Venezuela |
The Second Battle of La Puerta (Spanish: Segunda Batalla de La Puerta) was fought between Royalists of the Spanish Empire and the Second Republic of Venezuela on 15 June 1814. It was a crushing defeat for the Republicans and a turning point in the war that led to the fall of the Second Republic of Venezuela.
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