Battle of Boyacá

When

7 Aug 1819

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

5.45° N, 73.43° W

Description

1819 battle

Part of Bolivar's campaign to liberate New Granada

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 María Barreiro. This victory ensured the success of Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Boyacá: Simón Bolívar is victorious over the Royalist Army in Colombia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Boyacá besiegt Simón Bolívar die spanischen Truppen, bringt Bogotá unter seine Herrschaft und festigt damit die Unabhängigkeit Neugranadas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bolívar libère la Nouvelle-Grenade après la victoire décisive de Boyacá”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в сражении при Бояке близ Боготы объединёнными силами сторонников независимости Новой Гранады и Венесуэлы разгромлены испанские войска”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “122 km al noreste de Santafé de Bogotá, la batalla de Boyacá fue el final de la campaña iniciada por Simón Bolívar para liberar el virreinato de Nueva Granada”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “シモン・ボリバル率いる独立派軍がボヤカの戦いでスペイン軍を撃破し、ボゴタを解放。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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