Action of Tambo Nuevo
| Action of Tambo Nuevo | |||||||
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| Part of Bolivian War of Independence Argentine War of Independence | |||||||
Engraving of the action of Tambo Nuevo by Franz Van Riel | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United Provinces of South America Republiquetas | Viceroyalty of Peru | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid | Saturnino Castro | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12 cavalrymen |
5 soldiers (Yocalla) 50 soldiers (Tambo Nuevo) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
15 prisoners 2 prisoners executed | ||||||
The action of Tambo Nuevo, also known as Hazaña de los Tres Sargentos was a successful cavalry raid carried out between 23 and 25 October 1813, during the second Upper Peru campaign of the Argentine War of Independence, by a small detachment of dragoons of the Army of the North. The targets were the headquarters of royalist Colonel Saturnino Castro at Yocalla, and later a forward outpost on Tambo Nuevo.