Battle of Quiapo

Coordinates: 37°26′22.92″S 73°35′9.50″W / 37.4397000°S 73.5859722°W / -37.4397000; -73.5859722
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37°26′22.92″S 73°35′9.50″W / 37.4397000°S 73.5859722°W / -37.4397000; -73.5859722

Battle of Quiapo
Part of Arauco War
DateDecember 13, 1558[1]
Location
Result Spanish Victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Mapuche
Commanders and leaders
García Hurtado de Mendoza
Caupolicán the younger[3]
Strength
200[4] 7,000 - 8,000[5]
Casualties and losses
? 300 killed many captured [6]

Battle of Quiapo in the

Caupolicán the younger. It was fought in Quiapo, in the region nowadays known as Arauco Province, Chile
on December 13, 1558.

Quiapo River

References

  1. ^ Jerónimo de Vivar, Crónica del Reino de Chile, Capítulo CXLII
  2. ^ Rosales, Historia general ..., Tomo II, CAPÍTULO XXI
  3. ^ Juan Ignatius Molina, The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Vol II, Book III, Chap. VIII
  4. ^ Vivar, Crónica ..., Capítulo CXLII
  5. ^ "siete mil indios" Vivar, Crónica ..., Capítulo CXLII; "más número de ocho mil indios" Marmolejo, Historia..., Capítulo XXX
  6. ^ Vivar, Crónica ..., Capítulo CXLII; Seven hundred of those captured were executed Marmolejo, Historia..., Capítulo XXX

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