{"id":236,"date":"2016-11-06T13:02:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T13:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/upgrade-warandnation\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2020-09-10T10:43:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T09:43:32","slug":"1812-the-battle-of-tucuman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/warandnation\/1812-the-battle-of-tucuman\/","title":{"rendered":"1812 The Battle of Tucum\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alejandro Rabinovich Speaks about the Formation of Armies in Spanish America\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ja6TlVeTtgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Battle of\u00a0Tucum\u00e1n was a key battle in the Argentine War of Independence. Royalist troops were defeated by the revolutionary army, the Army of the North, which was lead by General Manuel Belgrano. The victory stopped the Royalists who had been taking more territory, and allowed\u00a0the Argentine troops to consolidate their hold on the region and asserting their authority over the land they were controlling and its borders. The Argentines had lost some territory in the run up to the battle, however. Fearing that they could not defend the region, they had evacuated and destroyed the city of\u00a0Jujuy, ordering civilians and military personnel to move to the interior of the\u00a0<span style=\"float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #171717; cursor: text; font-family: 'ArialLight','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">Tucum\u00e1n <\/span>Province, where they could be successfully defended. The intention was originally to retreat to the city of Cordoba, however the people of\u00a0<span style=\"float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #171717; cursor: text; font-family: 'ArialLight','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">Tucum\u00e1n were strong supporters of independence and they <\/span>convinced Belgrano to fight the Spaniards at <span style=\"float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #171717; cursor: text; font-family: 'ArialLight','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">Tucum\u00e1n, agreeing to supply him with payments for his troops and further cavalry troops. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The battle in <span style=\"float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #171717; cursor: text; font-family: 'ArialLight','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">Tucum\u00e1n <\/span>was a success, and the patriots gained valuable ammunition which the Spaniards had left behind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2403 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/warandnation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1846\/2016\/11\/hacienda-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/warandnation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1846\/2016\/11\/hacienda-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/warandnation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1846\/2016\/11\/hacienda-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Argentina was a stronghold for the independence forces throughout most of the time when other areas in the continent were struggling against the Spaniards. In the Argentine war of independence &#8216;gaucho guerillas&#8217; were deployed to stop the advance of Spanish forces. Gauchos are cowboy figures from the Argentine region, famous for their lawless nomadic lifestyle, for herding wild horses and cattle. Due to this nomadic lifestyle, the gauchos knew\u00a0the Argentine terrain well and this gave them an advantage over the Spanish forces. They played an important part in Argentina\u2019s struggle for independence from Spain and their involvement is commemorated in independence celebrations today, when people dress up as gauchos for the celebrations. This is depicted in the video clip below, taken at Argentinas bicentenery of independence celebrations in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Procession of gauchos at the Argentine celebration of independence 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTu2iZw0IKo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rabinovich, Alejandro. 2013\u00a0<em>Ser soldado en las Guerras de Independencia. La experiencia cotidiana de la tropa en el R\u00edo de la Plata (1810-1824),\u00a0<\/em>(Buenos Aires: Sudamericana).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Battle of\u00a0Tucum\u00e1n was a key battle in the Argentine War of Independence. 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