Μάχη της Μπογιακά: Διαφορά μεταξύ των αναθεωρήσεων

|date=[[August 7]] [[1819]]

|place=[[Boyacá Department|Boyacá]], [[Colombia]]

|combatant1=Independence armies of [[New Granada]]

|combatant2=[[Spain]]

|commander2=[[José María Barreiro]]

|strength1=2900

[[Colombia]], then known as [[New Granada]], acquired its definitive independence from [[Spain]] at the '''Battle of Boyacá'''. [[Brigadier General]]s [[Francisco de Paula Santander]] and [[José Antonio Anzoátegui]] led a combined republican army of Colombians and Venezuelans, complemented by a small British Legion made up of mostly Irish volunteers (including some veterans from the [[Napoleonic Wars]]), to victory over a Spanish Royalist force led by Colonels [[José María Barreiro]] and [[Francisco Jiménez]]. The battle occurred 150 km from [[Bogotá]] in the [[Andes Mountains]].

 

 

The republican vanguard forced a confrontation through a surprise attack which divided Barreiro's army at a strategic bridge, splitting the Royalist force in half. Each half was defeated in turn by Santader's and Anzoátegui's forces, which used their cavalry squadrons to strike their foes' respective rearguards.