Patriot Forces
Commander in Chief, Coronel Mayor D. Jose de San Martin
Division Alvarado Commander Teniente Coronel Redecindo Alvarado (Izquierda)
- Battalion No. 1 Cazadores de los Andes Sargento Mayor Garcia Sequeira.
Battalion No. 8 Teniente Coronel Martinez,
Battalion No. 2 (Chilean) Teniente Coronel Caceres,
Cazadores a Caballo de los Andes, (2 squadrons) Sargento Mayor Arellano
Cazadores de Chile (2 squadrons)
9 pieces of artillery (Borgono)
Division Las Heras Commander Coronel Graduado Juan Gregorio Las Heras (Derecha)
- Battalion No. 11 de los Andes, Sargento Mayor Guerrero
Battalion No. 1 Cazadores de Coquimibo (Chilean) Sargento Mayor Thompson
Battalion de Infantes de la Patria (Chilean) Teniente Coronel Bustamonte
Grenaderos a Caballo (4 sqadrons) Coronel Zapiola.
8 pieces of artillery Coronel graduado Blanco Encalada
Reserve Division Commander Mayor General del Ejercito, Coronel Hilarion de la Quintana
- Battalion No. 7 Teniente Coronel Conde
Battalion No. 1 (Chilean) Teniente Coronel Rivera
Battalion No. 3 (Chilean.) Teniente Coronel Lopez
Cazadores de la Escolta de San Martin, (2 squadrons) Coronel Freire.
4 pieces of Artillery. Teniente Coronel Plaza
Total: 396 Officers and 5,187 Other Ranks
Royalist Forces
Commander in Chief, General Mariano Osorio
Division Rivera Commander Coronel Primo de Rivera
- 4 companies of Grenadiers (made from the 4 Infantry Battalions)
4 companies of of Cazadores (made from the 4 Infantry Battalions)
4 pieces of Artillery
Division Morla Commander Coronel Morla
- Infantry Battalion Burgos
Infantry Battalion Arequipa
Dragoons de Chillan (1 squadron)
Dragoons de la Frontera (1 squadron)
4 pieces of Artillery
Division Ordonez Commander Coronel Jose Ordonez
- Infantry Battalion Infante Don Carlos
Infantry Battalion Concepcion
Lanceros del Rei (1 squadron)
Dragoons de Arequipa (1 squadron)
1 company del Royal Corps of Zapadores
4 pieces of Artillery
Royalist Losses
Prisoners, 174 officers, 1,115 other ranks
Dead 1,000 approx.
Sources
Historia de Chile, Historia Militar, 1520-1881. by Gen. I. Teliez, Santiago, 1925.
Plus an Order of Battle for the forces of San Martin sent to me by Sr. J. Balaguer.
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