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Battle of Salta | |||||||
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Part of the Argentine War of Independence | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
3,000 soldiers 12 cannons[1] |
3,400 soldiers 10 cannons[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
103 dead 433 injured[1] |
481 dead 114 injured 2,776 prisoners 10 cannons 2,118 muskets[1] | ||||||
Location within Argentina |
The Battle of Salta took place on February 20, 1813, on the plains of Castañares, north of the present-day Argentine city of Salta, during the Argentine War of Independence. The Army of the North, under the command of general Manuel Belgrano, defeated for the second time the royalist troops of general Pío de Tristán, after their victory in the previous September at the Battle of Tucumán. The unconditional surrender of the royalist troops ensured Argentine control over most of the northern territories of the former Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.