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Vargas Swamp Battle ((スペイン語:Batalla del Pantano de Vargas)) was an armed conflict that occurred near Paipa, on July 25, 1819. The joint Venezuelan and New Granadan army commanded by Simón Bolívar was trying to prevent the Spanish forces from arriving at Santafe de Bogotá, which was lightly defended, before they did. Bolívar's army successfully bested the royalist army in spite of the exhaustion of the troops after climbing the Páramo de Pisba, and crossing the swamp. This battle and the next victory over the Spanish by the Boyacá Bridge secured the independence of Colombia.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Batalla del Pantano de Vargas ) 〕 During the action the left flank of the Patriot army was outflanked and withdrew in disorder. The British Legions played a decisive role in recovering the situation when their commander James Rooke led the 2nd Rifles in a bayonet charge against the Spanish defenses on the hills, gaining the position at great cost.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Bolivar's British Legion ) 〕 A cavalry attack by the Venezuelan Lancers then decided the outcome of the battle, turning defeat into victory.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Dictionary of Irish Latin American Biography: Rooke, James )〕 The battle is commemorated in the Vargas Swamp Lancers memorial.〔 〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vargas Swamp Battle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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