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Battle of Taguanes
Date 31 July 1813
Location
Tinaquillo, Venezuela
Result Patriot victory
Domingo de Monteverde flees to Puerto Cabello
Belligerents
Flag of Venezuela (1811).svg Venezuelan Patriots
Flag of New Granada (1811-1814).svg United Provinces of New Granada		 Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
General Simon Bolivar Col. Julián Izquierdo†
Strength
2500 1800

The Battle of Taguanes was fought between Spanish royalists and the Second Republic of Venezuela on 31 July 1813 during the Admirable Campaign of the War of Venezuelan Independence. Simon Bolivar and his patriots won the battle handily, defeating the Spanish (and killing their colonel) and eventually capturing Valencia on August 2 and Caracas on August 3.

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