Battle of San Mateo (1814)
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The Battle of San Mateo was a serie of battles in the Valleys of Aragua in what is now Venezuela, during the Venezuelan War of Independence between 28 February and 25 March 1814.
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Battle of San Mateo | |||||||
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Part of the Venezuelan War of Independence | |||||||
Ricaurte en San Mateo, painting by Antonio Herrera Toro. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Second Republic of Venezuela New Granada | Spanish Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Simón Bolívar Vicente Campo Elías † Manuel Villapol † Antonio Ricaurte † |
José Tomás Boves Francisco Tomás Morales | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Crichfield: 1,500 infantry, 600 light cavalry.[1] Clodfelter: 2,000-2,500[2] |
Crichfield: 2,000 infantry 5,000 light cavalry[1] Clodfelter: 8,000-12,000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Lecuna: 90 killed[3] Clodfelter: ~1,200 killed or wounded[2] Mosquera: 1,700 killed or wounded[4] |
Lecuna: 800-1,000 killed or wounded[3] Clodfelter: ~2,000 killed or wounded, 1,000 prisoners[2] |
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