Battle of Salta

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Salta was a key 1813 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which patriot forces under Manuel Belgrano defeated royalist troops, consolidating revolutionary control in northwestern Argentina.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Batalla de Salta NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Spanish royalists ⓘ United Provinces of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	heavy royalist casualties ⓘ lighter patriot casualties ⓘ
combatant	patriot forces ⓘ royalist forces ⓘ
commandedBy	Manuel Belgrano NERFINISHED ⓘ Pío Tristán NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Manuel Belgrano NERFINISHED ⓘ Pío Tristán NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandingOfficerPatriots	Manuel Belgrano NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandingOfficerRoyalists	Pío Tristán NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Argentine historical anniversaries ⓘ monuments in Salta ⓘ
conflict	Argentine War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ
date	1813-02-20 ⓘ
effect	boosted morale of patriot forces ⓘ temporarily secured northern frontier for the revolutionaries ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Ayohuma NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vilcapugio NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParticipant	Army of the North (Argentina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuel Belgrano NERFINISHED ⓘ Pío Tristán NERFINISHED ⓘ royalist army of Upper Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Spanish American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit	Army of the North (Argentina) NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Salta, Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ Salta, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	surrender of Pío Tristán ⓘ use of terrain and artillery by patriot forces ⓘ
outcome	royalist army in northern Argentina defeated ⓘ royalist forces compelled to capitulate ⓘ
partOf	Argentine War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ South American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Tucumán NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	decisive patriot victory ⓘ patriot victory ⓘ
strategicImportance	consolidated revolutionary control in northwestern Argentina ⓘ secured patriot control of Salta region ⓘ
theater	Northwestern Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookPlaceNear	city of Salta NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1813 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Army of the North → notableBattle → Battle of Salta ⓘ

Second Upper Peru campaign → hasPart → Battle of Salta ⓘ

Manuel Belgrano → battle → Battle of Salta ⓘ