The Battle of Huaqui
Alto Peru, June 20th 1811
The Revolutionaries eventually advanced to Huaqui where they established their camp. After a four week truce, during which both sides recruited assitional troops, the Royalists attacked. Advancing along a series of ravines in three columns they drove the Revolutionaries away. After this battle, the Revolutionaries fell back to Northern Argentina.
Revolutionaries
Commander: General Antonio Gonzalez Balcarce
Right Wing (Colonel Juan Jose Viamonte)
One company de Pardos
One company de Morenos
One company de Patricios de Buenos Aires
One company Infantry Regiment No. 6
Squadron 'Husares de Buenos Aires'
6 guns
Centre (Teniente Colonel Jose Bolanos)
One company de la Paz'
One company Regiment de Cochabamba
6 guns
Left Wing (Colonel Eustaquio Diaz Velez)
One company De Oruro
One company 'Pardos de Cordoba'
One company 'Granaderos de Chuquisaca'
Four Companies of dismounted and four Companies of mounted Dragoons
'Ligeros de la Patria'
7 guns
Total: 1000 men with 19 guns
Reserve (Brigadier Francisco del Rivero) - 1,800 men
Division de Caballeria de Cochabamba
Total (including reserve): 2,800 men with 19 guns
Royalists
Commander: Brigadier Jose Manuel de Goyenche
Right Wing (Brigadier Juan Ramirez) - 2,500 men
Battalion 'Paruro'
Battalion 'Paucartambo'
Battallion 'Abancay'
Squadron 'Arequipa'
4 guns
Centre (Brigadier Pio Tristan) - 1,000 men
2nd Battallon de Cuzco
Battalon Fernando VII
Left Wing (Brigadier Jose Manuel de Goyeneche) - 2,500 men
1st Battalion de Cuzco
Battalion 'Real de Lima'
Battalion de Puno
Squadron de Tinta (Cavalry)
Squadron of Dragoons (Escort cavalry)
Company of Engineers
4 guns
Reserve (Colonel Jose Manuel de Lombera) - 2,000 men
Exact composition unknown
6 guns
Total: 7,500 men with 14 guns