Sipe Sipe is a location in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia . It is the seat of the Sipe Sipe Municipality , the second municipal section of the Quillacollo Province .
6-566: Sipe Sipe is a small town near which was fought the Battle of Sipe-Sipe . This decisive battle took place on 29 November 1815 and reestablished the control of Upper Peru to the Viceroyalty of Peru. As a consequence of this battle Upper Peru gained independence from Buenos Aires, and after the final defeat of Spain, Bolivia was born as a nation. The evolution of the municipality population is as follows: This Cochabamba Department location article
12-591: A plain west of Cochabamba , and resulted in the loss of Upper Peru for Buenos Aires . The area was reannexed by the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru . The Army of the North has been under the command of José de San Martín , but for health reasons he asked to be relieved. He was replaced by José Rondeau . At the time of the third campaign in Upper Peru (the first two had been beaten off), General Carlos María de Alvear
18-733: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Battle of Viluma The Battle of Viluma , also known as Battle of Sipe-Sipe , was a major battle in the South American wars of independence in which the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (formerly the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ) were decisively defeated in Upper Peru (now Bolivia ) by the Royal Army of Viceroyalty of Peru . The battle took place on 29 November 1815 on
24-534: The city of the same name. There on 28 November 1815 his troops were met by the Royalist forces from Peru under Brigadier Joaquín de la Pezuela . Rondeau had 3,000 to 3,500 men and nine field guns; Pezuela commanded 5,100 men and 23 field guns. The result of the battle the next day was the most serious defeat of the independentist movements since the Battle of Huaqui in 1811. The insurgents' losses were estimated at 2,000 men and all of their artillery. With this defeat,
30-556: Was in Jujuy . After a successful battle in April at Puesto del Marquéz, near today's border between Bolivia and Argentina, Rondeau's army reached Potosí by June and Chayanta by September. In October, an attempt to overrun a small Royalist garrison at Venta y Media ended in defeat. Undeterred, the Army of the North occupied Cochabamba . From Cochabamba, Rondeau camped in the plateau of Sipe-Sipe , near
36-401: Was named by Supreme Director Ignacio Álvarez Thomas to replace Rondeau. However Rondeau's officers revolted, and communicated to him that they would obey only his orders. Rondeau, now in revolt himself, accepted the officers' proposal and remained in charge. General Martín Miguel de Güemes withdrew the support of his Gauchos and retired to Salta , taking with him the part of the army that
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