The Quito Campaign:
Battle of Pichincha

Order of Battle

By Charles H. Bogart and T.D. Hooker


PATRIOT ARMY

Commander in Chief: General Antonio Jose de Sucre

ADCs:

    Lt. Col. Eusebio Borrero
    Lt. Col. Florencio O'Leary
    Captain Vicente Gomez
    Lieutenant Jose Maria Botero

Colombian Division

Commander: General Jose Mires

General Staff: Colonel Antonio Morales

Cavalry Commander: Colonel Diego Ibarra

    Albion Battalion: Lt. Col. John Mackintosh (British)

    Paya Battalion: Lt. Col. Leal

    Alto Magdalena Battalion: Colonel Jose Maria Cordoba

    Yaguachi Battalion: Colonel Ortega

    "Dragones del Sur": Lt. Col. Friedrich Rasch (German)


Peruvian Division

Commander: Colonel Andres de Santa Cruz

ADCs:

    Lieutenant Calixto Giraldes
    Lieutenant Jose Maria Frias

General Staff: Colonel Luis Urdaneta

    Trujillo Battalion: Colonel Olazabal (Argentine)

    Piura Battalion: Colonel Villa (Argentine)

    Mounted Grenadiers of the Andes (1 Squadron): Colonel Juan Lavalle (Argentine)

    Mounted Chasseurs (1st Squadron): Lt. Col. Adrenales

    Artillery Company: Captain Adolf Klinger (German)



ROYALIST ARMY

Commander in Chief: Mariscal de Campo Melchor Aymerich

Divisional Commander: Colonel Nicolas Lopez

General Staff: Colonel Manuel Martinez de Aparicio

Military Inspector: Colonel Joaquin German

Adjutant General: Colonel Francisco Gonzalez

Adjutant General Staff: Lt. Col. Patricio Brayn

Cavalry Commander: Colonel Carlos Tolra

    1st Aragon Battalion: Colonel Valdez

    Tiradores de Cadiz Batt.: Colonel de Alba

    Ligeros Cazadores de Constitucion Battalion: Colonel Toscano

    Queen Isabel Dragoons (1 Squadron): Colonel Moles

    Dragoons of Granada (1 Squadron): Colonel Vizcarra

    Presidential Guard Dragoons (1 Squadron): Lt. Col. Mercadillo

    Fernando VII Hussars (1 Squadron): Colonel Allimeda

    Artillery Company: Colonel Ovalle

Source: Asi Se Hizo La Independencia, by Lt. Col. Alberto Lozano Cleves, Bogota 1980.

( In the Osprey Men-at-Arms "The Armies of Bolivar and San Martin", page 20 dealing with the Battle of Pichincha, I say that Surce's position was north of the city of Quito, it's not north but west of the city, sorry. T.D.R. )

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