Battle of San Félix

The Battle of San Félix was an engagement in the Guayana campaign of the War of Independence of Venezuela, that occurred on 11 April 1817, on the mesa of Chirica in Province of Guayana, over the course of just half an hour.

Battle of San Félix
Part of Venezuelan War of Independence
Date11 April 1817
Location8.317643°N 62.622102°W / 8.317643; -62.622102
Result Republican victory
Belligerents
Second Republic of Venezuela Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Piar Miguel de la Torre
Units involved
1.700-2.200 1.300-1.800
2 pieces of artillery
Casualties and losses
31 killed and 65 wounded 593 killed and 497 prisoners
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