The siege of Cartagena was a successful 105-day Spanish siege by combined naval and ground forces under command of General Pablo Morillo, of the Colombian city and fortress of Cartagena de Indias, def
Execution of "the 9 Martyrs" outside Cartagena on 24 February 1816
The Battle of La Cuchilla del Tambo was fought during the Colombian War of Independence, fought between the Republican troops of New Granada and the expeditionary force of the Spanish crown who came t
Painting of the battle by José María Espinosa Prieto (1850).