Qualla: Battle of Cepeda (1820) https://qualla.com/battle-of-cepeda-1820 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Cepeda (1820) https://qualla.com/battle-of-cepeda-1820 Battle of Cepeda (1820): Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-cepeda-1820/ The fight was over almost before it started. On the morning of February 1, 1820, perhaps three thousand federal gaucho horsemen swept across the Cañada de Cepeda, a shallow creek cutting through the pampas of Buenos Aires Province, and slammed into a Buenos Aires army half their size. The porteño line broke at the first charge. Within minutes the question that had divided a young country since independence had its answer, written not in some grand pitched battle but in the dust of a dry streambed: there would be no all-powerful central government ruling from the capital. The provinces had won.

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