Battle of Cajamarca

Capture of Atahualpa
	Part of the Spanish conquest of Peru
	; Painting by Juan Lepiani depicting the capture of Atahualpa in Cajamarca.
Date	November 16, 1532
Location	Cajamarca, Peru
Result	Spanish victory Capture of Atahualpa; Fall of the Inca Empire;
Belligerents
Spanish Empire	Incas faithful to Atahualpa
Commanders and leaders
Francisco Pizarro; Hernando Pizarro; Hernando de Soto	Atahualpa (POW)
Strength
106 infantry; 62 cavalry; four cannons; 12 harquebuses	3,000–8,000 guards
Casualties and losses
1 slave dead;; one wounded	2,000 dead; 7,000 taken prisoner
	Location within Peru Battle of Cajamarca (South America) Battle of Cajamarca (America)

The Battle of Cajamarca also spelled Cajamalca (though many contemporary scholars prefer to call it Massacre of Cajamarca) was the ambush and seizure of the Inca ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro, on November 16, 1532. The Spanish killed thousands of Atahualpa's counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of Cajamarca, and caused his armed host outside the town to flee. The capture of Atahualpa marked the opening stage of the conquest of the pre-Columbian civilization of Peru.

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