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Battle of Salta
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Battle of Salta
The
Battle of Salta
took place on February 20, 1813 on the plains of Castañares, north of the present-day
Argentina
city of
Salta
, during the
Argentine War of Independence
. The
Army of the North
, under the command of general
Manuel Belgrano
, defeated for the second time the
royalist
troops of general
Pío de Tristán
, after their victory in the previous September at the
Battle of Tucumán
. The unconditional surrender of the royalist troops ensured Argentine control over most of the northern territories of the former
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
.
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