Battle of Cucuta: Strategic Victory of the Liberator

In the Battle of Cúcuta, on February 28, 1813, Simón Bolívar's army defeated the Spanish invading troops under the command of General Ramón Correa, it meant for Bolívar the sum of many successes he had already achieved, and the feat that would allow him to free Colombia from the Spanish yoke.

The confrontation in this battle did not cause many deaths, which is why they wanted to minimize it, but the battles are not measured by the number of soldiers killed in combat, nor by the weapons confiscated from the enemy; they are measured by the strategy used to defeat and the consequences that result from there.

On the morning of February 28, Bolívar arrived at the western side of Cúcuta, from where he observes the valley to be liberated, a territory dominated by Correa, on the hill you can see the two opposing commanders and from afar they greet each other with military respect. The battle began at 9 in the morning; a young man living in Cúcuta, crosses the realistic line to take orders from Bolívar and carries water in jars for the patriots with a donkey.

The confrontation lasted until one o'clock in the afternoon, when Bolívar and his army defeated the invaders. The Liberator did not pursue the defeated one who ran to La Grita in Venezuela.

The triumph of Bolivar marked the beginning of Colombian and Venezuelan freedom and the fall of the Spanish army. Cucuta was a strategic city and served as a corridor between the troops stationed in Caracas, to communicate with the soldiers who remained in Bogotá. With the expulsion of the soldiers under the command of General Correa, all contact was lost and the Creole resistance experienced a great uptick.

Mazo News Team