Battle of Juan Griego: Patriotic victory that marks the beginning of the recovery of the territory

The small colonial town began to rise from the ruins where Morillo's army had left it. The small colonial town began to rise from the ruins where Morillo's army had left it.
The small colonial town began to rise from the ruins where Morillo's army had left it.
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Published at: 16/11/2024 08:04 AM

On November 16, 1815, the patriots led by General Juan Bautista Arismendi defeated the royalists under General Joaquín Urreiztieta in the important Battle of Juan Griego. The Liberator Simon Bolivar entered Venezuela through this port on his way back from Haiti in May 1816.

The realist general Pablo Morillo, after pacifying New Granada, invades Margarita Island again and takes Juan Griego on July 14, 1817.

The Battle of the Fort, which ended with the blowing up of Fort Libertad and the slaughter of its defenders in Laguna de los Mártires on August 8, 1817, marks the beginning of the recovery of territory by the independence army.

The small colonial town began to rise from the ruins where Morillo's army had left it. These events are narrated by the Spanish group El Jardín de María in their song La Bahía by Juan Griego.

The importance of the port for supplying the island was such that at some point Morillo's strategy to subdue the patriots had consisted of isolating the city from the capital, La Asunción, and the rest of the island's towns to cut off the supply of goods that arrived through Juan Griego.

Mazo News Team