🌎 Latin American Warshard

Battle of Carabobo

1821 CE · Carabobo, Venezuela

Quick Facts

Year
1821 CE
Location
Carabobo, Venezuela
Era
🌎 Latin American Wars
Difficulty
hard
Historical artwork depicting the Battle of Battle of Carabobo

Simon Bolivar led his patriot army to a decisive victory over Spanish royalist forces at Carabobo. The British Legion made a crucial flanking maneuver through a ravine while llanero cavalry charged the Spanish lines. This victory effectively secured Venezuelan independence and is celebrated as the nation's most important military triumph.

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The British volunteers who fought at Carabobo had formed the 'British Legion' after Napoleonic War veterans were recruited by Bolivar's agents in London pubs and promised land grants in the new republics.

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