battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Salta

Battle of Salta was a battle fought on 20 February 1813 at Salta Province, in what is now Argentina. It was part of the Argentine War of Independence, which ran from 1810 to 1816. The recorded result: Decisive United Provinces victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 soldiers; 12 cannons against 3,400 soldiers; 10 cannons.

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Battle of Salta (Argentine insurgents against the Spanish). Batalla de Salta, 20 de febrero de 1813. Triunfo patriota contra los realistas. Óleo sobre tela. Dimensiones: 77 cm por 127 cm. Donación de:. Rafael del Villar (1873-1952), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	20 February 1813
Place	Salta Province, Argentina 24.731S, 65.396W
Part of	Argentine War of Independence (1810 to 1816)
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Result	Decisive United Provinces victory
Belligerents	23px United Provinces	Viceroyalty of Peru
Commanders	23px Manuel Belgrano	Pío de Tristán
Strength	3,000 soldiers; 12 cannons	3,400 soldiers; 10 cannons
Casualties and losses	103 dead; 433 injured	481 dead; 114 injured; 2,776 prisoners; 10 cannons; 2,118 muskets

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Tucumán 1812, 235 km
Battle of Famaillá 1841, 256 km
Battle of Yavi 1816, 289 km
Battle of Tambillo 1879, 326 km
Battle of Suipacha 1810, 352 km

In the same war

Before: Battle of San Lorenzo 3 February 1813
After: Battle of Vilcapugiou 1 October 1813
All 13 engagements of Argentine War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1813

Battle of Salta is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 50 in present-day Argentina.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q592091, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Salta, revision 1370273475, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.