Second Battle of Huachi

Second Battle of Huachi
Part of the Ecuadorian War of Independence

Battle of Huachi 1821
Date12 September 1821
Location
Huachi Grande near Ambato, Ecuador
1°17′45″S 78°38′50″W / 1.29583°S 78.64722°W / -1.29583; -78.64722
Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Gran Colombia
Free Province of Guayaquil
Spain Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Antonio José de Sucre
José Mires
Melchor Aymerich
Strength
900 infantry
100 cavalry[1][2]
1,200 infantry
500 cavalry[3]
Casualties and losses
300 killed or wounded
500 prisoners[3]
100 escaped[4]
250 killed or wounded[5]

The Second Battle of Huachi was a confrontation that occurred on 12 September 1821 between pro-independence troops led by General Antonio José de Sucre and Royalist troops led by General Melchor Aymerich, president of the Real Audiencia of Quito. Sucre, after having won the Battle of Yaguachi on 19 August, advanced towards Quito. The Spanish, who followed closely, positioned themselves to do battle in a field called Huachi, where they had already defeated Guayaquil forces a year before.

  1. ^ Marley, David F. (1998). Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World. 1492 to the Present. Santa Bárbara: ABC-CLIO, pp. 430. ISBN 978-0-87436-837-6.
  2. ^ Encina, 1954: 38-41.
  3. ^ a b Marley pág. 430
  4. ^ Encina, Francisco Antonio (1954). Bolívar y la independencia de la América Española. Emancipación de Quito y Alto y Bajo Perú. Tomo V. Santiago: Nascimiento, pp. 56.
  5. ^ Encina, 1954: 57