Battle of Las Queseras del Medio

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Las Queseras del Medio was a celebrated 1819 cavalry victory led by José Antonio Páez against Spanish royalist forces, remembered as a key patriotic feat in Venezuela’s struggle for independence.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Las Queseras del Medio canonical	4
Batalla de Las Queseras del Medio	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Las Queseras del Medio ⓘ surface form: Batalla de Las Queseras del Medio
associatedWith	Orinoco Llanos floodplains ⓘ surface form: Apure plains llanero cavalry ⓘ surface form: Llanero cavalry
belligerent	Spanish royalists ⓘ Venezuelan patriots ⓘ
campaign	Patriot campaigns of 1819 in Venezuela ⓘ
casualties	high royalist casualties ⓘ low patriot casualties ⓘ
commander	José Antonio Páez ⓘ Miguel de la Torre ⓘ Pablo Morillo ⓘ
commanderRoleOf	José Antonio Páez as cavalry leader ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Venezuelan military tradition ⓘ Venezuelan patriotic historiography ⓘ
conflict	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Venezuela ⓘ
date	1819-04-02 ⓘ
describedAs	key patriotic feat in Venezuela’s struggle for independence ⓘ
era	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Latin American wars of independence
forceType	patriot irregular cavalry ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
honors	José Antonio Páez decorated by Simón Bolívar ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
location	Apure River ⓘ Las Queseras del Medio ⓘ
notableFor	José Antonio Páez’s leadership ⓘ decisive cavalry action by llanero horsemen ⓘ heavy Spanish royalist losses ⓘ
opponentForceType	Spanish royalist infantry and cavalry ⓘ
partOf	Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ
politicalContext	struggle for Venezuelan independence from Spain ⓘ
region	Orinoco Llanos floodplains ⓘ surface form: Llanos region of Venezuela
result	Venezuelan patriot cavalry victory ⓘ patriot victory ⓘ
side	patriot side led by José Antonio Páez ⓘ royalist side under Spanish command ⓘ
significance	boosted morale of Venezuelan independence forces ⓘ contributed to weakening Spanish royalist control in Venezuela ⓘ demonstrated effectiveness of llanero cavalry ⓘ
strength	several thousand Spanish royalist troops ⓘ ~150–160 patriot llanero cavalry ⓘ
tactic	cavalry feigned retreat ⓘ hit-and-run llanero cavalry attack ⓘ
year	1819 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Venezuelan War of Independence → notableBattle → Battle of Las Queseras del Medio ⓘ

llanero cavalry → notableEngagement → Battle of Las Queseras del Medio ⓘ

Battle of Las Queseras del Medio → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Las Queseras del Medio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batalla de Las Queseras del Medio

José Antonio Páez → notableWork → Battle of Las Queseras del Medio ⓘ

José Antonio Páez → participantIn → Battle of Las Queseras del Medio ⓘ