The Battle of Agua de Obispos paved the way for Bolivar in his victorious advance for Independence

On June 18, 1813, the glorious Battle of Carache, also known as the Battle of Agua de Obispos, was staged on Trujillo soil, where Simon Bolivar advances with Colonels Atanasio Girardot and Colonel José Félix Ribas as part of the so-called Admirable Campaign. Colonel Atanasio Girardot heads to Carache with 400 men, confronting the realist leader Manuel Cañas, whom he defeats and flees, taking 63 enemy prisoners. The Battle of Carache paved the way for Simon Bolivar in his victorious advance for Venezuelan Independence.

Bolívar began his advance towards Venezuela on May 14, 1813, with two divisions, in the vanguard Colonel Atanasio Girardot and in the rear, Colonel José Félix Ribas. They marched along the San Cristóbal - La Grita - Mérida - Trujillo route, culminating in the triumphant entry to Caracas on August 6, after having won great triumphs over the realists.

Colonel Atanasio Girardot went to Carache with his forces on June 17, in the afternoon. At night, the realist leader Manuel Cañas abandoned the line he occupied and took his men to the height of Agua de Obispos, and it was on June 18 that the confrontation between the forces of Girardot and Cañas occurred, resulting in the triumph of the patriot leader. Girardot attacks and after an hour of fighting, he manages to defeat the realists, taking 63 Spanish soldiers and numerous ammunition as prisoners and eliminating the troops that could hinder the advance of Simón Bolívar, who had arrived in the city of Trujillo, on June 14.

Already then, by June 15, 1813, Simón Bolívar had signed in Trujillo at 3:00am the Decree of War to the Death against the Spanish and Canary Islands until they were granted freedom.

Mazo News Team