The Battle of Ayacucho was the last major engagement of the South American war for independence. It was fought on December the 9th, 1824 and resulted in a victory for the South American rebel forces under Antonio Jose de Sucre over a Spanish army under Jose de La Serna, the viceroy of Peru. After Sucre and Simon Bolivar defeated a Spanish force at Junin in the central highlands of Peru in August 1824, La Serna marched against them from Cuzco with an army of 10,000 men. Sucre, with 6000 Peruvians and Colombians under his command, tried to avoid battle at first but finally made a stand at Ayacucho early in December. His men attacked the royalist army while it was on its way down from the neighbouring hills to meet them, winning an advantage over La Serna before he had a chance to get his troops organised. After an unsuccessful attempt to outflank the rebels, the Spaniards were quickly overcome, and La Serna was taken prisoner. The Battle of Ayacucho marked the end of Spanish power on the mainland of South America. Research Battle of Ayacucho
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