Magdalena campaign

The Magdalena campaign
Part of Spanish American wars of independence

Conflicts in New Grenada, 1806–1814.
Date1812–1813
Location
Result Republican control of the lower Magdalena region until the Spanish reconquest of New Granada (1815–1816)
Belligerents
 United Provinces of New Granada  Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Simón Bolívar, Pierre Labatut Aguardole Rebustillo

The Magdalena campaign was a military operation from late 1812 to early 1813, led by the independentists Simón Bolívar and Pierre Labatut against royalists and the crown of Spain in New Granada (present-day Colombia). The campaign resulted in the revolutionary United Provinces of New Grenada taking control of the Magdalena River, which connects the port city of Cartagena with the interior of Colombia.