The Lancers In July 1819, while marching against Santafé, the  army of Simón Bolívar, exhausted after passing across the Pisba paramount, faced the Spanish army commanded by José María Barreiro.  Although the location was better for the Spanish  , and Bolívar's army faced bad odds, the attack of the 14 lancers , armed only with lances, was decisive in the winning of the battle.  The monument The monument of Arenas Betancourt and Colombian engineer Guillermo Gonzalez Zuleta, is a bronze sculpture, depicting the 14 soldiers and their horses, suspended in the air and framed in a concrete structure .
The Lancers In July 1819, while marching against Santafé, the Republican army of Simón Bolívar, exhausted after passing across the Pisba paramount, faced a Spanish regular army commanded by José María Barreiro. Bolivar's forces included the cavalry regiment Llano Arriba armed with lances. The terrain was better suited for the Spanish troops , and Bolívar's army faced adverse odds. After initial clashes between the infantry of both armies, the Spanish cavalry attempted a flanking attack on the republicans. At this moment Colonel Rondón's small detachment of 14 lancers charged General Barreiro's horsemen at a point where the Spanish regulars were crowded onto a narrow track through swampland. This sudden counter-attack by the lancers of the Llano Arriba regiment was a decisive point in the winning of the battle. Bolívar's main force moved up in support of the lancers and Barreiro's army fell back covered by the 2nd Numanicia Battalion as a rearguard. The monument The monument designed by Arenas Betancourt and Colombian engineer Guillermo Gonzalez Zuleta, is a bronze sculpture, depicting the 14 soldiers and their horses, suspended in the air and framed in a concrete sculpture .
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