United Liberating Army of Peru

United Liberating Army of Peru
Ejército Unido Libertador del Perú
Commemorative patch
Active1820–1825
CountriesChile, Colombia, Peru, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
AllegiancePeru
TypeArmy
RoleLand warfare
Size6,000–13,000
EngagementsPeruvian War of Independence
Commanders
Notable
commanders		José de San Martín (1820)
Rudecindo Alvarado (1822)
Andrés de Santa Cruz (1823)
Simón Bolívar (1824)
Antonio José de Sucre (1824)

The United Liberating Army of Peru (Spanish: Ejército Unido Libertador del Perú),[1][2][3][4] known during the last years of the war as the United Peruvian–Colombian Liberating Army of Peru (Spanish: Ejército Unido peruano colombiano Libertador del Perú),[5][6] was an army during the Peruvian War of Independence that had its origin in the Liberating Expedition of Peru, under the command of José de San Martín in 1820.[7]

Successively, new Peruvian regiments were created, organized until the end of the war, and which are the origin of the Peruvian Army. Units from the royalist side also switched sides, such as the Numancia Regiment. These troops were led by generals Rudecindo Alvarado and Andrés de Santa Cruz in the successive campaigns against the ports of southern Peru. Finally, in 1823, the newly arrived units of the army of Gran Colombia under the command of Simón Bolívar joined this United Liberating Army. This Peruvian-Colombian army was commanded by Antonio José de Sucre in the final Ayacucho campaign.

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References

  1. ^ Blanco, José Félix; Azpurúa, Ramón (1876). Documentos para la historia de la vida pública del libertador de Colombia, Perú y Bolivia puestos por orden cronolólogico, y con adiciones y notas que la ilustran (in Spanish). Impr. de "La Opinión nacional". p. 10.
  2. ^ Medina, José Toribio (1904). La imprenta en Arequipa, el Cuzco, Trujillo y otros pueblos del Perú durante las campañas de la Independencia (1820-1825) (in Spanish). Imprenta Elzeviriana. p. 50.
  3. ^ Ribeyro, Juan Antonio (1864). Memoria que el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores presenta á la legislatura ordinaria de 1864 sobre los Asuntos de España (in Spanish). Impr. del gobierno. p. 38.
  4. ^ de Sucre, Antonio José (1981). De mi propia mano (in Spanish). Compiled by José Luis Salcedo-Bastardo, Inés Mercedes Quintero Montiel, Andrés Eloy Romero. Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacucho. p. 186. ISBN 9788466000642.
  5. ^ "O'Higgins, el primer ciudadano de Chile". Boletín de la Academia Chilena de la Historia (20–23): 7. 1942.
  6. ^ Novak, Fabián (2001). Las relaciones entre el Perú y España (1821-2000) (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial PUCP. p. 26. ISBN 9972424413.
  7. ^ Bulnes, Gonzalo (1887). "V". Historia de la espedicion libertadora del Perú 1817-1822 (in Spanish). Vol. 1. R. Jover. p. 187.