Battle of Sopachuy

The Battle of Sopachuy was an armed confrontation that occurred on 12 June 1817 in the village of Sopachuy, some 120 kilometers southeast from the city of Chuquisaca (today Sucre), between a division of the Army of the North of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid and a Spanish Royalist force commanded by Colonel José Santos de la Hera. The Royalists ware victorious.

Battle of Sopachuy
Part of Bolivian War of Independence
Argentine War of Independence
Date12 June 1817
Location
Sopachuy, Bolivia
19°29′09″S 64°28′25″W
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
United Provinces of South America Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid José Santos de la Hera
Baldomero Espartero
Casualties and losses
300 killed
100 prisoners
2 cannons
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Location within Bolivia
Battle of Sopachuy (South America)
Battle of Sopachuy (America)
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