Battle of Huaqui

Battle of Huaqui or Guaqui
	Part of Bolivian War of Independence
	; Old map of the battle, showing Titicaca lake on the north
Date	June 20, 1811
Location	Guaqui, near the Desaguadero River16°38′34.21″S 68°54′05.29″W
Result	Royalist victory
Belligerents
Provinces of the Río de la Plata; Republiquetas	Viceroyalty of Peru
Commanders and leaders
Juan José Castelli; Antonio González Balcarce	José Manuel de Goyeneche
Strength
5,000 soldiers and 13,000 native auxiliaries	8,000 Indigenous combatants (including 4,700 Indigenous militias from Viceroyalty of Peru)
	Location within Bolivia

The Battle of Huaqui or Battle of Guaqui-modern spelling- (in some sources also called Yuraicoragua or Battle of Desaguadero), was a battle on June 20, 1811 between the Primera Junta's (Buenos Aires) revolutionary troops and the royalist troops of the Viceroyalty of Peru on the border between Upper Peru, (present-day Bolivia), resulting in a resounding defeat of the revolutionary armies.

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