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Battle of Arroyo Grande
The Battle of Arroyo Grande was a decisive battle of the Platine civil wars, fought on 6 December 1842 in Entre Ríos, Argentina, where Manuel Oribe crushed Fructuoso Rivera.
Battle of Ayohuma
The Battle of Ayohuma, fought in Upper Peru on 14 November 1813, ended in a decisive royalist victory over General Manuel Belgrano's Army of the North.
Battle of Cancha Rayada (1818)
The Battle of Cancha Rayada, or Surprise of Cancha Rayada, was a royalist night victory over José de San Martín's patriot army near Talca, Chile, on 19 March 1818.
Battle of Cerro de Pasco
The Battle of Cerro de Pasco, also called the Battle of Pasco, was a patriot victory over royalists at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, on 6 December 1820.
Battle of Cotagaita
The Battle of Cotagaita, fought on 27 October 1810 in present-day Bolivia, was the first armed encounter of the Argentine War of Independence, a patriot repulse.
Battle of Ingavi
The Battle of Ingavi was an 1841 victory in which Bolivia under General José Ballivián defeated the invading Peruvian army of Agustín Gamarra, who was killed.
Battle of Jenipapo
The Battle of Jenipapo was an engagement fought near Campo Maior, Piauí, on 13 March 1823, where Brazilian independence fighters lost to Portuguese troops but secured Piauí's adhesion to independence.
Battle of Junín
The Battle of Junín (Batalla de Junín) was a cavalry battle fought on 6 August 1824 in the Peruvian Andes, where Simón Bolívar defeated the royalist army of José de Canterac.
Battle of Las Piedras (1811)
The Battle of Las Piedras, fought on 18 May 1811 near Montevideo, gave José Gervasio Artigas's patriots their first victory in the Río de la Plata.
Battle of Paraguarí
The Battle of Paraguarí, fought on 19 January 1811 in Paraguay, saw Paraguayan militias defeat Manuel Belgrano's Buenos Aires expeditionary army, paving the way for independence.
Battle of Portada de Guías
The Battle of Portada de Guías, also called the battle of Guía, was fought on 21 August 1838 outside Lima, where Manuel Bulnes's Restoring Army defeated Orbegoso's forces.
Battle of Rancagua
The Battle of Rancagua, fought on 1 and 2 October 1814 in Chile, was a royalist victory under Colonel Mariano Osorio that ended the Patria Vieja.
Battle of San Lorenzo
The Battle of San Lorenzo was an 1813 victory by José de San Martín's Mounted Grenadiers over a Spanish royalist landing party at San Lorenzo, Argentina.
Battle of Sipe-Sipe
The Battle of Sipe-Sipe, known in Spanish as the Battle of Viluma, was a November 1815 royalist victory over José Rondeau's Argentine army in Upper Peru, now Bolivia.
Battle of Socabaya
The Battle of Socabaya, also called the Battle of Alto de la Luna, was the final battle of the Peruvian civil war of 1835–1836, won by Andrés de Santa Cruz.
Battle of Suipacha
The Battle of Suipacha, fought on 7 November 1810 near Suipacha, Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia), was the first patriot victory of the May Revolution's war for independence.
Battle of Tacuarembó
The Battle of Tacuarembó was a defeat of José Gervasio Artigas's patriot army by Portuguese forces at Tacuarembó Chico, in modern Uruguay, on January 22, 1820.
Battle of Tacuarí
The Battle of Tacuarí, fought on 9 March 1811 on the Río Tacuarí in southern Paraguay, ended Buenos Aires' attempt to attach Paraguay to its revolutionary government.
Battle of Tucumán
The Battle of Tucumán was a patriot victory won on 24 September 1812 near San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, where Manuel Belgrano's outnumbered Army of the North beat Pío Tristán's royalists.
Battle of Umachiri
The Battle of Umachiri was a battle fought on 11 March 1815 near Umachiri in present-day Puno, Peru, where royalists under Juan Ramírez Orozco defeated Mateo Pumacahua's rebel forces.
Battle of Vilcapugio
The Battle of Vilcapugio was fought on 1 October 1813 in present-day Bolivia, ending in the defeat of Manuel Belgrano's patriot army by royalist forces under Joaquín de la Pezuela.
Battle of Yanacocha
The Battle of Yanacocha, fought on 13 August 1835 in the Cusco region of Peru, saw Bolivian president Andrés de Santa Cruz defeat the Peruvian forces of Agustín Gamarra.
Defence of Buenos Aires
The Defence of Buenos Aires (la Defensa de Buenos Aires) was the militia's successful 1807 resistance to Britain's second invasion of the Río de la Plata.
Reconquest of Buenos Aires
The Reconquest of Buenos Aires (Reconquista de Buenos Aires) was the recapture of the city from a British occupying force led by William Carr Beresford on 12 August 1806.
Siege of Paysandú
The Siege of Paysandú was the encirclement and storming of the Uruguayan city by Venancio Flores's revolutionaries and Brazilian forces, ending on 2 January 1865.
Siege of Salvador
The Siege of Salvador (1822–1823) was the year-long encirclement of Salvador, capital of Bahia, by patriot forces under Admiral Thomas Cochrane, ending on 2 July 1823.