Expedition of the Liberating Army of Peru

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The Expedition of the Liberating Army of Peru was a major military campaign led primarily by Argentine and Chilean forces under José de San Martín that aimed to free Peru from Spanish colonial rule during the broader Latin American wars of independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South American independence campaign
military campaign
aimedToSupport continental liberation strategy of José de San Martín
commandedBy José de San Martín
countryOfOrigin Chile
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
culminatedIn Proclamation of Independence of Peru
surface form: Declaration of the Independence of Peru
dateOfEvent 28 July 1821
departurePoint Valparaíso
endDate 1821
followedBy campaigns of Simón Bolívar in Peru
hasAllegiance Patriot cause
hasCasusBelli Spanish colonial rule in Peru
hasLanguageOfForces Spanish
hasLeader José de San Martín
hasObjective establishment of an independent Peruvian state
liberation of Peru from Spanish colonial rule
hasOutcome weakening of Spanish royalist control in Peru
hasParticipant Army of the Andes
Chilean Army
Patriot forces
historicalPeriod early 19th century
influencedBy Argentine War of Independence
Chilean War of Independence
landedAt Pisco Bay
surface form: Paracas Bay
landedNear Pisco
ledByNationality Argentine
Chilean
location present-day Peru
notableCommander Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
surface form: Thomas Cochrane
notableEvent Patriot landing at Paracas in 1820
entry of Patriot forces into Lima
opposedBy Royalist forces in Peru
Spanish Empire
partOf Peruvian War of Independence
Latin American independence movements
surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
precededBy Chilean War of Independence
Army of the Andes
surface form: Crossing of the Andes
result Peruvian War of Independence
surface form: Patriot occupation of Lima

proclamation of Peruvian independence
significance key step in dismantling Spanish rule on the Pacific coast of South America
startDate 1820
supportedBy Chilean Navy
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
surface form: Lord Cochrane
theaterOfOperations Pacific coast of South America
Viceroyalty of Peru
uses combined land and naval operations

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Peruvian War of Independence significantEvent Expedition of the Liberating Army of Peru
Proclamation of Independence of Peru precededBy Expedition of the Liberating Army of Peru
this entity surface form: Occupation of Lima by the Army of the Andes