Battle of Taguanes

Battle of Taguanes
Date 31 July 1813 Location Tinaquillo, Venezuela 9°55′N 68°18′W / 9.917°N 68.300°W / 9.917; -68.300 Result Patriot victory Domingo de Monteverde flees to Puerto Cabello
Belligerents
Venezuelan Patriots United Provinces of New Granada	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
General Simon Bolivar	Col. Julián Izquierdo †
Strength
2,500[1]	1,800[1]

The Battle of Taguanes was fought between Spanish royalists and the Second Republic of Venezuela on 31 July 1813 during the Admirable Campaign of the War of Venezuelan Independence.

Simon Bolivar and his patriots won the battle handily, defeating the Spanish (and killing their colonel)^[1] and eventually capturing Valencia on 2 August and Caracas on 3 August.