Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Carabobo (South American War of Independence).

Fought June 24, 1821, between the Colombian patriots, 8,000 strong, under Bolivar, and the Spanish Royalists, about 4,000 in number, under La Torre. The Royalists were utterly routed, barely 400 reaching Porto Cabello. This battle determined the independence of Colombia.