First Upper Peru campaign
The First Upper Peru campaign was a military campaign of the Argentine War of Independence, which took place in 1810. It was headed by Juan José Castelli, and attempted to expand the influence of the Buenos Aires May Revolution in Upper Peru (modern Bolivia). There were initial victories, such as in the Battle of Suipacha and the revolt of Cochabamba, but it was finally defeated during the Battle of Huaqui that returned Upper Peru to Royalist influence. Manuel Belgrano and José Rondeau would attempt other similarly ill-fated campaigns; the Royalists in the Upper Peru would be finally defeated by Sucre, whose military campaign came from the North supporting Simón Bolívar.
First Upper Peru campaign | |||||||
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Part of Argentine War of Independence | |||||||
Path of the Military campaign. The blue mark is for patriot victories (Suipacha), the red mark for royalist victories (Cotagaita, Huaqui and Amiraya) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Patriots | Royalists | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Juan José Castelli Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo Antonio González Balcarce Juan José Viamonte |
José Manuel de Goyeneche Vicente Nieto |
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