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  • Battle of Vilcaconga
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  • The Inca general commanded to fortified the mountain pass at Vilcaconga where the Spaniards would have to pass, and managed to ambush them, with great losses for the invaders. After a counter-attack, however, the numerically outnumbered Spaniards managed to rout the Inca forces and press further towards Cuzco, capturing the Inca capital by November 1533.
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Strength
  • 300
  • Unknown
  • Possibly native auxiliaries
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Partof
  • the Spanish conquest of Peru
Date
  • August to November 1533
Commander
Casualties
  • Unknown
  • Unknown, but reportedly high
Result
  • Decisive, possibly pyrrhic Spanish victory
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Place
  • Vilcaconga mountain pass, present-day Peru
Conflict
  • Battle of Vilcaconga
abstract
  • The Inca general commanded to fortified the mountain pass at Vilcaconga where the Spaniards would have to pass, and managed to ambush them, with great losses for the invaders. After a counter-attack, however, the numerically outnumbered Spaniards managed to rout the Inca forces and press further towards Cuzco, capturing the Inca capital by November 1533.