Battle of Rancagua

Battle of Rancagua
	Part of the Chilean War of Independence
	; Carga de O'Higgins, Pedro Subercaseaux
Date	October 1–2, 1814
Location	Rancagua, Chile
Result	Royalist Victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Chilean patriots
Commanders and leaders
Mariano Osorio	Bernardo O'Higgins
Strength
2,200	2,000
Casualties and losses
224 killed and wounded	1,000 killed and wounded ; 888 captured

The Battle of Rancagua, also known in Chile as the Disaster of Rancagua, occurred on October 1, 1814, to October 2, 1814, when the Spanish Army under the command of Mariano Osorio defeated the Chilean forces led by Bernardo O’Higgins. This put an end to the Chilean Patria Vieja and it was the decisive step of the Spanish military Reconquest of Chile.^[1]

^ Collier, Simon (2004). A History of Chile, 1808-2002 Second Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 35–37. ISBN 0-521-82749-3.

[1] Collier, Simon (2004). A History of Chile, 1808-2002 Second Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 35–37. ISBN 0-521-82749-3.

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