Battle of San Félix

The 'Battle of San Félix' was a bout of Campaign Guiana of the War of Independence of Venezuela occurred 11 April of 1817 on the table Chirica in Province of Guayana which only lasted half an hour and it meant an eternity for a free country.

The Republican forces were campaigning against Guyana from late 1816 where they had tried without much success for not having a squad, taking the places dominated traffic on the river Orinoco: Angostura and Guayana Old.

Piar had taken earlier missions Caroni 1817, which constituted an excellent source of provisions and supplies for the Spanish army and since then it would be for the Republican.

With the loss of the missions seats held by the royalists were largely without a point for his army supply and risk of hunger. Brigadier Angostura La Torre left for missions in order to reconquer the area and its resources. It had about 1,600 infantry, 200 cavalry and 2 guns with which addressed the way the missions via garrisoning the castles of old Guiana.

On April 11 the Spaniards met Piar who led a force of 500 riflemen, lancers walk 800 500 400 Indian archers and horsemen. The Patriots, second infantry in number and experience the realistic, short battle won in the Spanish thanks to the superiority of the Spanish cavalry republicana.Piar fought in this battle, "all alone" (i.e., with official newly formed mostly unknown and, before and after the battle)

The destruction of the royalist forces in San Felix accelerate the rendering of Angostura, a town would be abandoned by the Spaniards on 17 this month.

Thanks to the Battle of San Félix Patriots won not only the rich territory of Guayana but the immense road, as useful as it is beautiful, the Orinoco. César Zumeta, referring to Piar and San Felix says: «He formed army (Piar), defeated by the foresight and courage and it was he who first settled on indestructible foundation homeland and made possible the organization of the Republic. All that came after data from San Felix. The campaign was the most momentous Guiana and one of the most beautiful of our historical cycle.»

It was Piar and Battle, who for the first time, settled and substantiated indestructibly the country, and made possible the organization of the Republic since everything should happen then begat in San Félix.