Battle of Alto de los Godos

Battle of Alto de los Godos
Part of the Venezuelan War of Independence (Military career of Simón Bolívar)
Date 25 May 1813 Location Maturín, Venezuela Result Patriot victory
Belligerents
Venezuelan Patriots	Royalists
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Piar José Tadeo Monagas José Francisco de Azcúe Andrés Rojas Remigio Fuenmayor	Domingo de Monteverde
Strength
n/a infantry n/a cavalry	n/a infantry n/a cavalry
Casualties and losses
n/a dead or wounded	27 officers dead 452 soldiers dead 50 wounded

The Battle of Alto de los Godos was a battle that took place on 25 May 1813 in Maturín, Venezuela, in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada. It resulted in a patriot victory against the forces of Spanish general Domingo de Monteverde.

It was one of the five attempts by the royalists to regain control over the region and it is notable for its inclusion of women in combat, such as Juana Ramírez, who was also known as "The Advancer" (La Avanzadora).

See also

• Colonial Venezuela

Gran Colombian independence Background Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717–1723), (1739-1819) Captaincy General of Venezuela (1777–1821) Peninsular War in Spain (1808–1814) Overview Military career of Simón Bolívar Ecuadorian War of Independence Venezuelan War of Independence Political history Luz de América (1809) First Republic of Venezuela (1810–12) Colombian Declaration of Independence (1810) Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (1811) United Provinces of New Granada (1811–16) Second Republic of Venezuela (1813–14) Third Republic of Venezuela (1817–19) Gran Colombia (1819–31) (Ecuador, 1830 Venezuela/Republic of New Granada, 1831) Military history 1812–16 La Victoria (June 1812) Magdalena Campaign (1812-1813) Admirable Campaign (1813: Cúcuta, February 1813 Alto de los Godos, May 1813) Araure (December 1813) Spanish reconquest of New Granada (1815–16) 1819–23 Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada (1819–20: Las Queseras del Medio, April 1819 – Vargas Swamp, July 1819 – Boyacá, August 1819) Carabobo (June 1821) Lake Maracaibo (July 1823) Colombian figures Antonio Nariño Benito Salas Vargas Joaquín Camacho Liborio Mejía José María Obando José Miguel Pey de Andrade Antonio Ricaurte Manuel Rodríguez Torices Francisco de Paula Santander Venezuelan figures Simón Bolívar Francisco de Miranda José Antonio Páez Manuel Piar José Félix Ribas Antonio José de Sucre Rafael Urdaneta Carlos Soublette Santiago Mariño Cristóbal Mendoza Mariano Montilla Pedro Camejo Juan Bautista Arismendi Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi Luis Brión José Antonio Anzoátegui Other figures José Tomás Boves Louis-Michel Aury Juan Manuel Cajigal Juan Domingo de Monteverde Pablo Morillo Daniel Florence O'Leary José Prudencio Padilla Miguel de la Torre Other Carmañola Americana (1797) Decree of War to the Death (1813)