Battle of Junín
| Battle of Junín | |||||||
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| Part of the Peruvian War of Independence | |||||||
Battle of Junín by Martín Tovar y Tovar. Oil on canvas. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Peru Gran Colombia | |||||||
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Simón Bolívar Antonio José de Sucre | José de Canterac | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,000 men | 1,300 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 150 killed | 250 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Junín was a large cavalry engagement of the Peruvian War of Independence, fought in the highlands of the Junín Region on 6 August 1824. The preceding February the royalists had regained control of Lima, and having regrouped in Trujillo, Simón Bolívar in June led his rebel forces south to confront the Spanish under Field Marshal José de Canterac. The two armies met on the Plain of Junín in the Bombon Plateau, northwest of the Jauja Valley.