(compiled from data in the Sucre Museum, Quito)

COLONIST:

Commander - Brigadier General Antonio Jose de Sucre

Aide de Camps:
Lt. Colonel Eusebio Borrero
Lt. Colonel Daniel Florencia O'Leary
Captain Vicent Ramon Gomez
Lieutenant Jose Maria Botero
Lieutenant Francisco Jimenez

Division Colombiana:

Commander - Brigadier General Jose Mires
Chief of Staff - Colonel Antonio Morales

Infantry

Battalion Albion - Lt. Colonel Juan Mackintosh (443 men)
Battalion Paya - Lt. Colonel Jose Leal (820 men)
Battalion Alto Magdalena - Lt. Colonel Jose Maria Cordova (314 men)

Cavalry

Battalion Yaguachi - Colonel Carlos Maria Ortega (540 men)
Dragoon Squadron Del Sur - Lt. Colonel Federico Rach (142 men)

Division Peruana:

Commander - Colonel Andres Santa Cruz
Chief of Staff - Colonel Luis Urdaneta

Infantry

Battalion Trujillo (Argentine) Colonel Felix Olazabal (573 men)
Battalion Piura (Argentine) Lt. Colonel Francisco Villa (384 men)
Squadron Granaderos a' Caballo de los Andes (Argentine) Lt. Colonel Juan Lavalle (96 men)
Squadron 1st Cazadores Montados Lt. Colonel Antonio Sanchez (100 men)
Squadron 2nd Cazadores Montados Lt. Colonel Florentino Arenale (100 men)

Artillery Company

Captain Adolfo Klinger (83 men)

A total of 3,595 men, of which 804 did not take part in the battle, giving an effective force of 2,791, those not on the battlefield were detachments of the following:

Battalion Alto Magdalena (at Guaranda) 150 men
Battalion Paya (near Quito) 120 men
Squadron Del Sur (near Quito) 40 men
449 men were hospitalised at Riobamba, Ambato and Latacunga.

Division Colombiana:

Commander - Brigadier General Jose Mires
Chief of Staff - Colonel Antonio Morales

Infantry

Battalion Albion - Lt. Colonel Juan Mackintosh (443 men)
Battalion Paya - Lt. Colonel Jose Leal (820 men)
Battalion Alto Magdalena - Lt. Colonel Jose Maria Cordova (314 men)

Cavalry Battalion Yaguachi - Colonel Carlos Maria Ortega (540 men)
Dragoon Squadron Del Sur - Lt. Colonel Federico Rach (142 men)

Division Peruana:

Commander - Colonel Andres Santa Cruz
Chief of Staff - Colonel Luis Urdaneta

Infantry

Battalion Trujillo (Argentine) Colonel Felix Olazabal (573 men)
Battalion Piura (Argentine) Lt. Colonel Francisco Villa (384 men)
Squadron Granaderos a' Caballo de los Andes (Argentine) Lt. Colonel Juan Lavalle (96 men)
Squadron 1st Cazadores Montados Lt. Colonel Antonio Sanchez (100 men)
Squadron 2nd Cazadores Montados Lt. Colonel Florentino Arenale (100 men)

Artillery Company

Captain Adolfo Klinger (83 men)

A total of 3,595 men, of which 804 did not take part in the battle, giving an effective force of 2,791, those not on the battlefield were detachments of the following:

Battalion Alto Magdalena (at Guaranda) 150 men
Battalion Paya (near Quito) 120 men
Squadron Del Sur (near Quito) 40 men
449 men were hospitalised at Riobamba, Ambato and Latacunga.

ROYALIST

Commander - General Melchor Aymerich
Chief of Staff - Colonel Manuel Maria Martinez Aparicio Aide de Camps to General Aymerich: Colonel Joaquin German
Colonel Francisco Gonzalez
Colonel Carlos Tolra
Lt. Colonel Patricio Brayn
Lt. Colonel Noaquon Morro
Lt. Colonel Antonio Nunez

1st Division Realista

Battalion 1st de Aragon Colonel Joaquin Valdez (580 men)
Battalion Tiradoresde Cadiz Colonel Damian deAlba (437 men)
Battalion Ligeros Cazadoresde Constitucion Lt. Col. Jose Toscano (368 men)
Dragoon Squadron Reina Isabel Lt. Colonel Pascual Moles (92 men)
Dragoon Squadronde Granada Colonel Manuel Vizcarra (84 men)
Dragoon Squadron Guardia del Presidente Lt. Col. Francisco Mercadillo (87 men)
Hussar Squadron de Fernando Vll Colonel Francisco Allineda (76 men)
Artillery Company Lt. Colonel Jose Ovalle (120 men)

This gave the Royalist force a total of 1,894 men on the battlefield, plus an additional 500 armed civilians stationed on Panecillo while the Battalion Cataluna was at Otavalo. General Sucre is credited with capturing 1,100 men, 160 officers and officials, 14 cannon and 1,700 men.

Casualties are given as; 190 Royalist and 140 Colonists,

Colonial officer casualties were: Captain Molina, Captain Cabal, Captain Castro, Captain Alzuro, Lieutenant Calderon, Lieutenant Ramirez, Lieutenant Borrero, Lieutenant Arango, and Lieutenant Mendoza.

Battles leading up to Pichincha were:

Quayquil: 9th October 1820
Camino Real: 2nd November 1820
Primer Huachi: 22nd November 1820
Tanizagua: 3rd January 1821
Yaguachi: 19th August 1821
Segundo Huachi: 12th September 1821
Tapi: 21st April 1822
Pichincha: 24th May 1822

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The Quito Campaign

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