Action of Tambo Nuevo

The action of Tambo Nuevo, also known as Hazaña de los Tres Sargentos was a successful cavalry raid carried out between 23 and 25 October 1813, during the second Upper Peru campaign of the Argentine War of Independence, by a small detachment of dragoons of the Army of the North. The targets were the headquarters of royalist Colonel Saturnino Castro at Yocalla, and later a forward outpost on Tambo Nuevo.

Action of Tambo Nuevo
Part of Bolivian War of Independence
Argentine War of Independence

Engraving of the action of Tambo Nuevo by Franz Van Riel
Date23 to 25 October 1813
Location
Bolivia
19°9′4.90″S 65°53′0.94″W
Result United Provinces victory
Belligerents
United Provinces of South America
Republiquetas		 Viceroyalty of Peru
Commanders and leaders
Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid Saturnino Castro
Strength
12 cavalrymen 5 soldiers
(Yocalla)
50 soldiers
(Tambo Nuevo)
Casualties and losses
None 15 prisoners
2 prisoners executed
Location within Bolivia
Action of Tambo Nuevo (South America)
Action of Tambo Nuevo (America)
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