Second Battle of Huachi

Battle context

The Second Battle of Huachi occurred less than a month after Sucre's victory at Yaguachi, where independence forces had gained momentum advancing toward Quito. The Royalists under Aymerich, president of the Real Audiencia of Quito, chose to engage at Huachi — ground where Spanish forces had already defeated Guayaquil troops in a prior engagement — checking Sucre's northward advance. Independence forces suffered between 300 and 500 casualties, a significant loss for the Province Libre de Guayaquil's military strength. The engagement demonstrated that Royalist forces under Aymerich retained the capacity to contest the interior even after reverses, prolonging the campaign for Quito and complicating the broader liberation effort in the region.