Qualla: Battle of Tucuman https://qualla.com/battle-of-tucuman en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/1/x/battle-of-tucuman-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Tucuman https://qualla.com/battle-of-tucuman Battle of Tucuman: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-tucuman/ Photo credit Cambalachero, CC0. General Manuel Belgrano had been ordered to retreat. The First Triumvirate in Buenos Aires, rattled by a string of rebel defeats in Upper Peru, wanted his Army of the North to fall back to Cordoba -- more than 500 kilometers to the south -- and consolidate there. Belgrano ignored them. On September 24, 1812, outside the city of San Miguel de Tucuman, he turned to face a royalist force that outnumbered his own two to one. What followed was a chaotic, smoke-choked battle punctuated by burning fields, a locust swarm, and gaucho cavalry who broke ranks to loot the enemy's mule train. It should not have been a victory. It was.

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/1/x/battle-of-tucuman-wp/6e1x-battle-of-tucuman-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Tucuman: The Scorched Road South https://qualla.com/battle-of-tucuman/ Photo credit Gerflores, CC BY-SA 3.0. The backdrop to the battle was desperation. After the rebel defeat at Huaqui in 1811, Upper Peru -- present-day Bolivia -- had fallen back into royalist hands. Belgrano, placed in command of the Army of the North on February 27, 1812, found himself headquartered in Jujuy with dem...

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/1/x/battle-of-tucuman-wp/6e1x-battle-of-tucuman-the-scorched-road-south.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Tucuman: The City That Refused to Let Him Leave https://qualla.com/battle-of-tucuman/ Photo credit Francisco Fortuny, Public domain. Rumors that Belgrano's army was passing through Tucuman on its way to Cordoba sent the city into a panic. The Cabildo bells rang, and the legislature convened in emergency session. Three representatives -- officers Bernabe Araoz and Rudecindo Alvarado, and the priest Pedro Miguel...

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/1/x/battle-of-tucuman-wp/6e1x-battle-of-tucuman-the-city-that-refused-to-let-him-leave.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Tucuman: Fire, Locusts, and the Gaucho Charge https://qualla.com/battle-of-tucuman/ Photo credit Julio Vila y Prades, Public domain. The morning of September 24 broke over a battlefield shaped by confusion and improvisation. Lieutenant Gregorio Araoz de Lamadrid set fire to the fields at Los Pocitos, and the smoke and wind threw Tristan's advancing column into disorder. Belgrano, positioned north of the town, ...

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/1/x/battle-of-tucuman-wp/6e1x-battle-of-tucuman-fire-locusts-and-the-gaucho-charge.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Tucuman: A Victory Against All Probabilities https://qualla.com/battle-of-tucuman/ Photo credit Francisco Fortuny, Public domain. By nightfall, neither commander fully understood what had happened. Belgrano spent the afternoon trying to reassemble his scattered forces. Tristan, having lost his artillery, ammunition, and supply train, marched on the city and threatened to burn it unless the garrison surrende...

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