CASUALTY RECORD // December 5, 1813
Battle of Araure
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 1,000 estimated
Royalists
1,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Araure was fought on 5 December 1813 during the Second Republic of Venezuela, a fragile patriot state established amid the broader Venezuelan War of Independence. Bolívar's force, though outnumbered by a Royalist army estimated at up to 5,000 against his 3,000, defeated General José Ceballos and inflicted approximately 1,000 casualties on the Royalist side. The victory represented a meaningful check on Royalist military pressure during a period when the Second Republic faced persistent threats to its survival.
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