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Battle of Sipe-Sipe

Battle of Sipe-Sipe was a battle fought on 28 November 1815 at Cochabamba Department, in what is now Bolivia. It was part of the Spanish American wars of independence, which ran from 1808 to 1833. The recorded result: Royalist victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 to 3,500; 9 field guns against 5,100; 23 field guns.

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Viluma Battle (Sipe Sipe Battle)
Viluma Battle (Sipe Sipe Battle). Daniel Pedrazzoli - Regimientos de America, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date28 November 1815
PlaceCochabamba Department, Bolivia
17.456S, 66.348W
Part ofSpanish American wars of independence (1808 to 1833)
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultRoyalist victory
BelligerentsUnited Provinces; RepubliquetasKingdom of Spain and the Indies; Viceroyalty of Peru
CommandersJosé RondeauJoaquín de la Pezuela
Strength3,000 to 3,500; 9 field guns5,100; 23 field guns
Casualties and losses2,000 killed, wounded or captured; 9 cannons lost32 killed; 198 wounded
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Battle of Sipe-Sipe is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 19 in present-day Bolivia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2890016, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Viluma, revision 1380851010, 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.