Battle of Junín

When

6 Aug 1824

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

11.21° S, 75.97° W

Description

1825 battle during the Peruvian War of Independence

1824 battle of the Peruvian War of Independence

The Battle of Junín was a large cavalry engagement of the Peruvian War of Independence, fought in the highlands of the Junín Region on 6 August 1824. The preceding February the royalists had regained control of Lima, and having regrouped in Trujillo, Simón Bolívar in June led his rebel forces south to confront the Spanish under Field Marshal José de Canterac.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Peruvian War of Independence: Battle of Junín – Pro-independence forces defeat the Spanish in the highlands of the Junín region”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit der Schlacht von Junín beginnt Simón Bolívar seinen Feldzug zur Befreiung Perus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Simón Bolívar bat les Espagnols à la bataille de Junín (Pérou)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Perú se libra la batalla de Junín”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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