Qualla: Battle of Carabobo https://qualla.com/battle-of-carabobo en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/3/z/8/battle-of-carabobo-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Carabobo https://qualla.com/battle-of-carabobo Battle of Carabobo: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-carabobo/ Photo credit yo no se, Public domain. Pedro Camejo, lance in hand, was trying to rally his men when two musket balls struck him in the chest. General Jose Antonio Paez, watching him stagger, called him a coward. Camejo's reply, delivered with his dying breath, has echoed through Venezuelan history: "No, I am not! My general, I have to tell you goodbye, because now I am dead." It was June 24, 1821, and the plains of Carabobo were deciding the fate of a nation. By the time the smoke cleared, Simon Bolivar's independence forces had shattered the main Spanish Royalist army in Venezuela, and a country that had declared and lost its freedom twice before would not lose it again.

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/3/z/8/battle-of-carabobo-wp/d3z8-battle-of-carabobo-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Carabobo: Three Republics and Counting https://qualla.com/battle-of-carabobo/ Photo credit Christian Hummert (Ixitixel), CC BY-SA 2.5. Venezuelan independence did not arrive on the first attempt, or the second. The First Republic, declared in 1811, collapsed within a year. Bolivar's mentor Francisco de Miranda was handed to the Spanish -- by Bolivar himself, who believed Miranda a traitor, in what historians con...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/3/z/8/battle-of-carabobo-wp/d3z8-battle-of-carabobo-three-republics-and-counting.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Carabobo: The Flanking Gamble https://qualla.com/battle-of-carabobo/ Photo credit Pascual De Ruvo (Pderuvo at en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0. The Royalists, commanded by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre, held strong defensive ground along the road. Bolivar's plan was to split his army: he would press through the center while Paez swung around to strike the right flank through rough terrain and dense vegetation....

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/3/z/8/battle-of-carabobo-wp/d3z8-battle-of-carabobo-the-flanking-gamble.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Carabobo: The British Who Saved a Revolution https://qualla.com/battle-of-carabobo/ Photo credit Martín Tovar y Tovar (1827 - 1902), Public domain. Into the breach went the British battalion -- 340 to 350 men, mostly of British and Irish origin, commanded by Colonel Thomas Ilderton Ferrier. Many were veterans of the King's German Legion and the Napoleonic Wars, hardened soldiers who had crossed an ocean to fight for a cause ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/3/z/8/battle-of-carabobo-wp/d3z8-battle-of-carabobo-the-british-who-saved-a-revolution.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Carabobo: The Rout and What Followed https://qualla.com/battle-of-carabobo/ Photo credit Muago, CC0. Once the British and the reinforcing Apure Braves secured the heights, the tide turned decisively. Patriot cavalry under Colonel Munoz broke through the Royalist center and swept toward de la Torre's rear. Spanish infantry formed defensive squares and fought with discipline, but ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/3/z/8/battle-of-carabobo-wp/d3z8-battle-of-carabobo-the-rout-and-what-followed.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Carabobo: A National Holiday, on the Battlefield Itself https://qualla.com/battle-of-carabobo/ Photo credit Dicran, CC BY-SA 3.0. June 24 is now Battle of Carabobo Day, also known as Army Day in Venezuela. It is the country's largest military observance after Independence Day on July 5 and the celebration of Bolivar's birth on July 24. Each year, the Venezuelan Army stages a televised parade displaying its ...

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