Callao uprising

Callao uprising
Part of the Peruvian War of Independence
Royal emblem at the fortress
Date 5 February 1824 Location Real Felipe Fortress, Callao Result Spanish victory: Lima evacuated on February 27 Callao occupied until 1826
Belligerents
Army of the Andes Supported by:  Spain	Peru Supported by:  Río de la Plata
Commanders and leaders
J. M. Casariego [es]
Units involved
Royal Army of Peru: Loyalty Regiment[a]	United Liberating Army: Loyalist remnants

The Callao uprising (Spanish: Sublevación del Callao), also known as the Callao mutiny (Spanish: Motín del Callao), took place on February 5, 1824, in the Real Felipe Fortress in Callao, during the campaigns of Simón Bolívar in the Peruvian War of Independence, when Chilean, Colombian, Peruvian and Argentine units of the Army of the Andes rose up and crossed to the Spanish side, ending the unit's existence.

Except for a squadron of the Mounted Grenadiers Regiment who did not switch sides, the event meant the almost complete disappearance of the forces brought to Peru by General José de San Martín.^[1] General Cirilo Correa [es] then assumed command of the remains of the Andes Division of the Liberating Expedition, reduced to officers without units under their command and a squadron of the Mounted Grenadiers Regiment that fought in the battles of Junín and Ayacucho and was in the rearguard in the Battle of Corpahuaico [es], returning his men to Buenos Aires after the royalist capitulation in Ayacucho.

After the mutiny, the Chilean units were completely dissolved in Peru. On January 31, 1825, while the siege of Callao was still being held, Admiral Manuel Blanco Encalada negotiated with the royalist chief José Ramón Rodil the release of 16 Chilean officers who had been prisoners in the fortresses since the uprising of the garrison.^[2]

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