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Despite the lopsided casualty numbers, wherein the
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November 8. The soldiers would have been tired from a full day of marching, and the Incas were able to attack from multiple sides, with the cover of nightfall, and from charging down a slope. Several Spaniards were killed, and the rest in deadly peril. Nevertheless, de Soto's
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forces fought their way to the top of the slope and held out for the rest of the troops the next day. Another forty horsemen led by
Almagro arrived on November 9. This combined force, though still numerically outnumbered, managed to rout Quizquiz's forces and press further towards Cuzco.
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Spanish wore, which shrugged off attacks such as sling bullets or darts at range, and honed and drilled Spanish
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wrote a detailed journal of the battle which later historians have used as a major primary source for the historiography of the battle.
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Guilmartin, John F. (1991). "The
Cutting Edge: An analysis of the Spanish invasion and overthrow of the Inca empire, 1532-1539".
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Spanish had the Sapa Inca executed on July 26. Pizarro and his army crossed the mountains and rejoined
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advance force. The Incas attacked a
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315:Battle of Vilcaconga
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370:Vilcaconga
302:Vilcabamba
238:Chimborazo
233:Maraycalla
223:Vilcaconga
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347:Atahualpa
290:Chuquinga
243:2nd Cusco
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389:Analysis
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44:Location
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280:Huarina
260:Abancay
140:Unknown
66:victory
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325:Battle
270:Chupas
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60:Result
359:Cuzco
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313:The
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