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Admirable Campaign

Admirable Campaign was a campaign fought in 1813 at Caracas, in what is now Venezuela. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Caracas. It was part of the Venezuelan War of Independence, which ran from 1810 to 1823.

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Ruta de la campaña admirable,fue una acción militar enmarcada dentro de la Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela.
Ruta de la campaña admirable,fue una acción militar enmarcada dentro de la Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela.. C arango, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1813
WhereCaracas, Venezuela10.506N, 66.914W, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeRepublican victory; Republican forces capture Mérida, Trujillo, Barinas, Valencia and Caracas.; Restoration of republican control over substantial portions of western and central Venezuela.; Royalist forces retain Puerto Cabello, Coro, Maracaibo and Guayana.
BelligerentsUnited Provinces of New Granada; State of Cartagena; Mompox contingents; 2nd, 4th and 5th Battalions of the Union; State of Cundinamarca; Cundinamarca expeditionary troops; Military and logistical support; Venezuelan republicans; Venezuelan republican officers and soldiers; Local volunteers from Mérida and other liberated districtsagainstKingdom of Spain and the Indies (the Spains); Captaincy General of Venezuela; Spanish royalist regulars; Venezuelan royalist militias; Royalist provincial garrisons and detachments
Part ofVenezuelan War of Independence1810 to 1823

Where it sits in the Venezuelan War of Independence

Battle of Coro, 1810Battle of La Victoria, 1812Siege of Puerto Cabello, 1812Battle of Cúcuta, 1813Battle of Las Queseras del Medio, 1813Battle of Alto de los Godos, 1813Admirable Campaign, 1813Battle of Los Horcones, 1813Battle of Taguanes, 1813Battle of Araure, 1813Battle of La Victoria, 1814Battle of San Mateo, 1814Second Siege of Valencia, 1814Battle of Clarines, 1817Siege of Cumaná, 1817Siege of Barcelona, 1817Battle of Pagallos, 1817Battle of Carabobo, 1821Siege of Cumana, 1821Siege of La Vela de Coro, 1821Siège of Puerto Cabello, 1822Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo, 182318101823Admirable Campaign, 1813
24 placed engagements of the Venezuelan War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1813 (year precision)
PlaceCaracas, Venezuela
10.506N, 66.914W
KindCampaign, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Territorial changeRepublican forces recover the provinces of Mérida, Trujillo, Barinas and Caracas; establishment of the Second Republic of Venezuela
StrengthApproximately 600 troops supplied by the Congress of New Granada; additional forces joined during the campaign
Commanders
  • Camilo Torres Tenorio
  • Manuel Rodríguez Torices
  • Antonio Nariño
  • Simón Bolívar
  • Atanasio Girardot
  • José Félix Ribas
  • Ferdinand VII of Spain
  • Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga
  • Domingo de Monteverde
Admirable CampaignAdmirable CampaignBattle of La GuairaBattle of La GuairaBattle of La VictoriaBattle of La VictoriaBattle of San MateoBattle of La GuairaBattle of La VictoriaBattle of La VictoriaValenciaMaracayPuerto CabelloZarazaAltagracia de OritucoChaguaramas100 km10.506N, 66.914W
Placed at Caracas; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Ruta de la campaña admirable,fue una acción militar enmarcada dentro de la Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela.
Ruta de la campaña admirable,fue una acción militar enmarcada dentro de la Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela.. C arango, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Admirable Campaign is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 46 in present-day Venezuela.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q8940, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Admirable Campaign, revision 1384252132, read 2026-11-15, 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.