Nariño's Southern Campaign

Nariño Southern Campaign
	Part of the Colombian War of Independence
	; Nariño in the Southern Campaign by Ricardo Jiménez Campuzano
Date	December 1813 – May 1814
Location	Popayán Province, New Granada
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
State of Cundinamarca ; United Provinces of New Granada	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Antonio Nariño (POW); José María Cabal; José Ramón Leyva	Toribio Montes; Juan de Sámano; Melchor Aymerich
Strength
1,200 infantry, 200 cavalry at the start,; 2,000 men at the start; 1,500 infantry, 500 cavalry, abundant artillery,; 600 men, 15 pieces of artillery at the end	1,200–2,500 at the start; 1,500 men and 10 pieces of artillery at the end
Casualties and losses
1,000+	500–1,000

The Nariño Southern Campaign was a series of military actions between December 1813 and May 1814, under command of Antonio Nariño, leader of the Republican State of Cundinamarca, against Spanish forces in the south of New Granada.
It had the objective of dislodging the Royalist presence in the south after the defeat of the first independence movement in the province of Quito (1812), a fact that put the New Granada provinces, that had retained their early independence, at risk. Nariño's army took the city of Popayán (December 1813) and the surroundings of Pasto (May 1814), but was decisively defeated in the Battle of Ejidos de Pasto (10 May 1814), ending the campaign in total failure.