Second Battle of La Puerta

Second Battle of La Puerta
Part of Venezuelan War of Independence
Date15 June 1814
Location
Quebrada de La Puerta, Villa de Cura
10°02′18″N 67°29′21″W / 10.03833°N 67.48917°W / 10.03833; -67.48917
Result Royalist victory
Territorial
changes
Fall of Caracas to the Royalists
Belligerents
borde United Provinces of Venezuela Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Simón Bolívar
Santiago Mariño
José Tadeo (WIA)
Manuel Cedeño
José Tomás Boves
Francisco Tomás Morales
Strength
3,000 men[1]
9 canons
7,500[1]
2 canons
Casualties and losses
1,000 dead
1,500 prisoners killed[1]
200 dead[1]
Second Battle of La Puerta is located in Venezuela
Second Battle of La Puerta
Location within Venezuela

The Second Battle of La Puerta (Spanish: Segunda Batalla de La Puerta) was fought between Royalists of the Spanish Empire and the Second Republic of Venezuela on 15 June 1814. It was a crushing defeat for the Republicans and a turning point in the war that led to the fall of the Second Republic of Venezuela.

  1. ^ a b c d González, Edgar Esteves (2004). Batallas de Venezuela, 1810-1824 (in Spanish). El Nacional. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-980-388-074-3. Retrieved 25 December 2023.