Second Battle of La Puerta
| Second Battle of La Puerta | |||||||||
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| Part of Venezuelan War of Independence | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| United Provinces of Venezuela | Spanish Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Simón Bolívar Santiago Mariño José Tadeo (WIA) Manuel Cedeño |
José Tomás Boves Francisco Tomás Morales | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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3,000 men 9 canons |
7,500 2 canons | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1,000 dead 1,500 prisoners killed | 200 dead | ||||||||
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The Second Battle of La Puerta (Spanish: Segunda Batalla de La Puerta) was fought between Royalists of the Spanish Empire and the Second Republic of Venezuela on 15 June 1814. It was a crushing defeat for the Republicans and a turning point in the war that led to the fall of the Second Republic of Venezuela.