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troops would begin their day with marching from five in the morning for two hours at double pace. In addition, to training a new organizational doctrine was also implemented as Cabal had requested the War
Secretariat of New Granada for authorization to adopt the French doctrine regarding divisional commands, something that was authorized by the government. These efforts on the part of Cabal were welcomed by the government of the United Provinces who decided to promote him from the rank of Colonel to the rank of brigadier general of the army of the union. After many months of preparation and the difficulties that came with these change, Cabal managed to reorganize the army of the south, the army now numbered around 1,200 infantrymen composed of five line battalions, these being the Battalions Cundinamarca, Socorro, Antioquia, Popayán and Cauca. In addition to these infantry battalions, Cabal had at his disposal about 150 light cavalry divided into two squadrons along with a squadron of artillery men and their cannons. The government of the united provinces also dispatched some officers to the southern army to assist Cabal in his task, such as Colonel Carlos de Montúfar a native of Quito and two French officers Colonel Manuel Roergas de Serviez and cavalry captain Honorato Dufour. Cabal incorporated these officers into his staff and appointed Montúfar as chief of headquarters and Serviez as his chief of staff. These efforts were necessary actions in order to ensure the defense of the Valle del Cauca from an expected royalist counter-offensive. This counteroffensive would be right around the corner as the governor of Quito Toribio Montes was preparing an army to invade the valley that would be led by Colonel Aparicio Vidauzárraga.
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ordered the army's vanguard to maintain an advanced position on the banks of the Ovejas River, the vanguard was made up of elements of the
Socorro and Antioquia battalions numbering around 300 troops. This would not be the only plan that Cabal would have to defend the Valley. The Army of the South had devised defensive a plan to be implemented, in case superior forces attacked the advance positions at Ovejas and tried to conduct their offensive into the Valle del Cauca. This consisted of carrying out a dilatory defense by means of successive lines of resistance, located on the mound of El Pital, in the Alto de Mondomo and at the heights of Tremblera and Cascabel, in order to attract the enemy, and causing as much damage as possible, before leading them to the fortified field of El Palo, where Cabal planned to defeat them. Cabal had ordered the fortification of the Palo field towards the end of May, this field was located on the north bank of the Palo River north of the town Caloto.
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Spanish commander decided to take his time to look for some way to cross the river and attack without having to deal with the patriot fortifications. While the Spanish conducted their reconnaissance of the field, that night of July 4, Cabal gathered all his officers to go over the last details prior to the beginning of the confrontation.
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Patriot forces who entered the city on April 1. The junta then moved from Cali to Popayán where they delegated on choosing the president and vice president of the junta. On June 26, 1811 Joaquin Caycedo y Cuero was elected president and Jose Maria Cabal as vice president.
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and alerted the rest of the troops. The rest of the patriot troops came to the site and were formed in good order for the battle. While the adbaces unit withdrew from their positions in an organized fashion, Cabal prepared for battle and took command of the
Cundinamarca battalion on the left, and ordered Montúfar in the center with the Socorro battalion and the three artillery pieces accompanied them in the center as well, on the right was Serviez with the Antioquia battalion.
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Palmira, it would be here where he began his plan to reorganize and re-train the army. New training was implemented for the troops, with a focus on physical fitness, every day the
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As result of his travels, Cabal had collected a large number of new plants that he introduced to New
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Vidauzárraga, who had taken control of Popayán after the retreat of the patriot army, after months of preparations and recent troops from Quito and Peru began his counteroffensive to invade the Valley at the end of June 1815 with about 2000 troops along with artillery. Cabal in anticipation of this,
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Cabal remained in the French capital for next seven years, where he continued his studies he had begun in Spain as well as learning mineralogy with aims of returning to Spain and New
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at 5am in July 5, 1815 when a column of royalist troops crossed the river through a ford below the "pasó real" to avoid patriot defenses and attack their right flank. The two patriot units who were placed in advanced positions along the river, the
Battalions Popayán and Cauca detected this movement
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Granada. In early 1810 the Spanish authorities had attempted to name him as mayor of the city of Buga, a
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considered the junta illegal and after various months of threats, deployed troops to put down the junta. This action led the confederation to ask the patriots in Santa Fe for military assistance, who subsequently deployed 150 troops under the command of Colonel Antonio Baraya to assist them. These
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position he refused to accept. That same year various cities in New Granada rose up in revolt and deposed the Spanish authorities in charge of them and replaced them with governing juntas that wanted more autonomy within the Spanish Empire. In the capital Santa Fe on
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a provisional junta was also established that was meant to represent all of the cities within the province of Popayán. Various delegates were sent to Cali to represent their respective cities, Cabal was chosen as a delegate representing the city of
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among the king's troops. The battle was defined shortly after with a simultaneous charge by the three battalions Cundinamarca, Socorro and Antioquia which threw the enemy into the river and put the royalists in retreat.
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