Battle of Cúcuta

Battle of Cúcuta
	Part of Spanish American wars of independence
Date	28 February 1813
Location	Cúcuta, Viceroyalty of New Granada ; (present day Colombia)
Result	Victory for pro-independence forces
Belligerents
New Granada ; Pro-independence forces	Spanish Monarchy ; Royalist
Commanders and leaders
Simón Bolívar ; Francisco de Paula Santander	Ramón Correa
Strength
400	800
Casualties and losses
2 dead and 14 wounded	20 dead and 40 wounded

The Battle of Cúcuta was a military conflict in the Spanish American wars of independence fought on 28 February 1813 between the pro-independence forces led by Simón Bolívar and Spanish royalist troops under General Ramón Correa at the town of Cúcuta, in present-day Colombia, close to the border with Venezuela.^{: 137–138} Bolivar was victorious. The battle gained him much support and immediately preceded his march into Venezuela, later dubbed the Admirable Campaign.