Battle of Carabobo | 24 June | What in June 16 all About | june 24 day
The Battle of Carabboo was fought on 24 June 1821, under the leadership of Venezuelan General Simon Bolivar and led by the Royalist forces, led by the Royalist Marshal Miguel de la Torre. Bolivar's decisive victory in Carbobo established the independence of Venezuela and Republic of Gran Colombia
Before the Battle
There were many incidents that led to the battle of Carabobo. Francisco Miranda, the famous patriot who tried to free many Latin American countries with Simon Bolivar, took control of Caracas from 1810 to 1812. The Spanish withdrew the control and Miranda was handed over to the royal people because Bolivar was considered to be a betrayer of her life in one of her most dubious decisions.Bolivar then fled from Venezuela, after which he organized a commendable campaign in 1813 and re-established the second Republic of Venezuela. [4] Bolivar will be defeated in Venezuela in 1814 and once again he will re-establish Venezuelan Republic before joining with New Grenada to form the Gran Colombia Union.
In 1820, a ceasefire was established between Bolivar under General Pablo Morillo and Spanish under patriots. During the years after fleeing Venezuela, Bolivar spent a lot of time reorganizing his armies. He placed his people on Lake Maracayo, which was captured by a faithful people. Bolivar's faithful had numerical superiority but it would still be a challenge
The Spanish commander General Miguel de la Torre also divided his army and sent half to deal with the attack of this setback. With patriotic fires, the royalists attacked for a while, killing the patriots led by the Upper Braves battalion. Venezuelan infantry failed and retreated, but men of "British Army", many of them former German army soldiers, worked hard and took the hills.
He played a very important role in many freedom wars and was very important in this fight. The military's army led by Thomas Elderton Ferier was led. They defended strategically important hills while supplies were significantly reduced and reduced. They had to face 119 deaths. 11 of them were officers. Colonel Ferrere was one of the dead. Bolivar praised the soldiers of the army and called them "the saviors of my father's land" and also said that they had established themselves among other forces.Simon Bolivar
Since the army occupied the top, two companies of Upper Braves and the Tiralsar Battalion (2 Division) strengthened them, and pushed the enemy, as Pedro Camojo, lance in hand, trying to rally the formation , Was being killed only in front of General Piez, due to two shots in the chest from the enemy gunfire. Paige, looking at her retrograde, told him that she was a scary, for which with her dying breath, Cameo responded: No, I'm not! My normal, I have to tell you goodbye, because now I'm dead! The horseman militia of the Royalist "Lanero" escaped from the battlefield because the patriot infantry was working hard, and patriotic mounted under the leadership of Colonel Munoz finally broke through the center of the royalist lines, and behind the forces of La La Torre Moved towards
The Spanish infantry made the class and fought the end at the end of the attack of patriotic cavalry, but a battalion backtracked on the enemy's face. The route was so bad that only one in 400 infantry regiment managed to reach safety in Puerto Cabello.
With the main royalist force crushing in Venezuela, freedom was ensured. In the latter battle, on July 24, 1823, the Battle of Maracaibo Lake included an important naval victory for the freedom forces and in November 1823 José Antonio Páz captured Puerto Cabello on Venezuela's last royalist stronghold.
Win for freedom forces was a tough win. The commanders of the second and third divisions were killed in the war by both enemies Ambroseo Plaza and Manuel Sedeno.
