Battle of Cúcuta

When

28 Feb 1813

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

7.91° N, 72.50° W

Description

2025 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The Battle of Cúcuta was a military conflict in the Spanish American wars of independence fought on 28 February 1813 between the pro-independence forces led by Simón Bolívar and Spanish royalist troops under General Ramón Correa at the town of Cúcuta, in present-day Colombia, close to the border with Venezuela. Bolivar was victorious.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Bolivar et des indépendantistes vénézuéliens à la bataille de Cúcuta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Cúcuta entre las tropas de Simón Bolívar y el ejército realista, con victoria de los insurgentes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Venezuelan War of Independence19 Apr 1810 · War of independence