What the records say
- When
- 22 Sep 1860 – 24 Sep 1860
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 2.19° S, 79.89° W
- Description
- battle between Ecuador and Peru in 1860
Battle of Guayaquil
Battle between Ecuador and Peru in 1860
The Battle of Guayaquil was the final and pivotal armed confrontation in a struggle for political control of Ecuador. The battle was fought on the outskirts of the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador on September 22–24, 1860, among several factions claiming control of the country in the wake of the abdication of president Francisco Robles, amidst continuous Peruvian military pressure due to the ongoing Ecuadorian–Peruvian ter…
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Guayaquil: Ecuadorian forces, led by Juan José Flores and Gabriel García Moreno, take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief Guillermo Franco”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page