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The royalists took position in a place called Boyaca. They were commanded by Barreiro, and formed the vanguard of the army of the viceroy Samano. Bolivar attacked them with an army only two-thirds their size and was victorious. Among the independents was Jose Antonio Anzoategui, a major general, who fought like a hero and succeeded in breaking the stubborn resistance of the enemy.
After Boyaca "victory is always true, and grows, and spreads as the waters of a flood, and from peak to peak of the Andes, each mountain is a milestone of triumph." The royalists retreated from Bogota, and Samano fled to Cartagena.
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