battle, nineteenth century

Second Battle of Huachi

Name: Second Battle of Huachi
Start: 1821-09-12
Location: Ambato, Ecuador

Second Battle of Huachi was a battle fought on 12 September 1821 at Ambato, in what is now Ecuador. It was part of the Ecuadorian War of Independence, which ran from 1820 to 1823. The recorded result: Royalist victory. Recorded strength: 900 infantry; 100 cavalry against 1,200 infantry; 500 cavalry.

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Fought12 September 1821

WhereAmbato, Ecuador1.296S, 78.647W

OutcomeRoyalist victory

Belligerents22px Gran Colombia; 23px|border Free Province of GuayaquilagainstKingdom of Spain

Casualties and losses300 killed or wounded; 500 prisoners; 100 escapedand250 killed or wounded

Part ofEcuadorian War of Independence1820 to 1823

Where it sits in the Ecuadorian War of Independence

5 placed engagements of the Ecuadorian War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	12 September 1821
Place	Ambato, Ecuador 1.296S, 78.647W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	900 infantry; 100 cavalry	1,200 infantry; 500 cavalry
Casualties and losses	300 killed or wounded; 500 prisoners; 100 escaped	250 killed or wounded
Commanders	Antonio José de Sucre José Mires	Melchor Aymerich

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

Nearest engagements

First Battle of Huachi Grande 1820, 1.8 km SE
Battle of Riobamba 1822, 46 km S
Battle of Camino Real 1820, 77 km SW
Battle of Pichincha 1822, 120 km N
Battle of Yaguachi 1821, 148 km SW

In the same war

Before: First Battle of Huachi Grande 22 November 1820
After: Battle of Pichincha 24 May 1822
All 5 engagements of Ecuadorian War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1821

Second Battle of Huachi is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 32 in present-day Ecuador.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3020018, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of Huachi, revision 1370736272, 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.