Qualla: Battle of Junin https://qualla.com/battle-of-junin en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Junin https://qualla.com/battle-of-junin Battle of Junin: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-junin/ No firearms were used. On 6 August 1824, on a marshland just west of Lake Junin at four thousand one hundred meters above sea level, around two thousand three hundred horsemen rode at each other with lances and sabers. It lasted about forty-five minutes. About two hundred fifty royalists and one hundred fifty patriots died in hand-to-hand combat. The Spanish cavalry, the best in their Andean army, was destroyed. Four months later, at Ayacucho, Spain would surrender its last continental American empire. The Battle of Junin was the moment the war turned, and a Mayor named Razuri changed it by inventing an order he had no authority to give.

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