| Second Battle of La Puerta | |||||||||
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| Part of Venezuelan War of Independence | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United Provinces of Venezuela |
 Spanish Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Simón Bolívar Santiago Mariño José Tadeo (WIA) Manuel Cedeño |
 José Tomás BovesFrancisco Tomás Morales | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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3,000 men[1] 9 canons |
7,500[1] 2 canons | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1,000 dead 1,500 prisoners killed[1] | 200 dead[1] | ||||||||
.svg)  Location within Venezuela | |||||||||
The Second Battle of La Puerta (Spanish: Segunda Batalla de La Puerta) was fought between Royalists of the Spanish Empire and the Second Republic of Venezuela on 15 June 1814. It was a crushing defeat for the Republicans and a turning point in the war that led to the fall of the Second Republic of Venezuela.
- ^ a b c d González, Edgar Esteves (2004). Batallas de Venezuela, 1810-1824 (in Spanish). El Nacional. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-980-388-074-3. Retrieved 25 December 2023.