Battle of San Mateo (1814)

Battle of San Mateo
Part of the Venezuelan War of Independence

Ricaurte en San Mateo, painting by Antonio Herrera Toro.
Date28 February 1814 – 25 March 1814
Location
San Mateo, Venezuela
10°12′48″N 67°25′21″W / 10.21333°N 67.42250°W / 10.21333; -67.42250
Result Republican victory
Belligerents
Second Republic of Venezuela
New Granada		 Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Simón Bolívar
Vicente Campo Elías †
Manuel Villapol †
Antonio Ricaurte †		 José Tomás Boves
Francisco Tomás Morales
Strength
Crichfield:
1,500 infantry,
600 light cavalry.
Clodfelter:
2,000–2,500		 Crichfield:
2,000 infantry
5,000 light cavalry
Clodfelter:
8,000–12,000
Casualties and losses
Lecuna:
90 killed
Clodfelter:
~1,200 killed or wounded
Mosquera:
1,700 killed or wounded		 Lecuna:
800–1,000 killed or wounded
Clodfelter:
~2,000 killed or wounded, 1,000 prisoners

The Battle of San Mateo was a series of battles in the Valleys of Aragua in what is now Venezuela, during the Venezuelan War of Independence between 28 February and 25 March 1814.

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