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The Upper Peru region (present-day Bolivia), was again under royalist control after the rebel defeat at Huaqui, where the inexperienced commander Juan José Castelli was easily defeated by the royalist army.

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  • Battle of Tucumán
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  • The Upper Peru region (present-day Bolivia), was again under royalist control after the rebel defeat at Huaqui, where the inexperienced commander Juan José Castelli was easily defeated by the royalist army.
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Strength
  • 13(xsd:integer)
  • 1800(xsd:integer)
  • 3000(xsd:integer)
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dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Partof
Date
  • --09-25
Commander
  • Juan Pío de Tristán
  • Manuel Belgrano
map size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • Battle of Tucumán, oil on canvas by Francisco Fortuny
Casualties
  • 13(xsd:integer)
  • 80(xsd:integer)
  • 200(xsd:integer)
  • 450(xsd:integer)
  • 690(xsd:integer)
Result
  • United Provinces victory
combatant
  • Spanish Empire
  • United Provinces of South America
  • Viceroyalty of Peru
Latitude
  • -26(xsd:double)
map type
  • Argentina
Place
  • Tucumán, Argentina
Longitude
  • -65(xsd:double)
Conflict
  • Battle of Tucumán
abstract
  • The Upper Peru region (present-day Bolivia), was again under royalist control after the rebel defeat at Huaqui, where the inexperienced commander Juan José Castelli was easily defeated by the royalist army. The orders from the First Triumvirate had placed Belgrano in command of the Army of the North on 27 February 1812, headquartered in Jujuy. From there Belgrano attempted to raise the morale of the troops after the defeat at Huaqui. Under that effort on 25 May he raised in Jujuy the new flag he had created a few months back, and had it blessed in Jujuy's Cathedral by Father Juan Ignacio de Gorriti. He soon realized that he did not have enough strength to defend the city, and on 23 August he ordered a massive retreat of all the civilian population to the interior of Tucumán Province in what was later known as the Éxodo Jujeño. Civilians and military men retreated, destroying anything that could be of value to the royalists. When the Spaniards entered the city, they found it empty: Tristán wrote to his superior, Perú's viceroy, José Manuel de Goyeneche: On orders from the Triumvirate, the Army of the North had to create a stronghold in Córdoba. Instead, Belgrano had the idea of stopping farther north in Tucumán, where the local population was eager to support the army. The 3 September victory at the Battle of Las Piedras between his rearguard and two advance royalist columns confirmed his ideas. He captured the column commander, Colonel Huici and about twenty soldiers. He sent Juan Ramón Balcarce towards the city, ordering him to recruit and train a cavalry troop from the local militia, and deliver letters to the rich and powerful Aráoz family, one of whose members, Lieutenant Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid, was among Belgrano's best officers.
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