Qualla: Battle of Cepeda (1859) https://qualla.com/battle-of-cepeda-1859 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 (1859) https://qualla.com/battle-of-cepeda-1859 Battle of Cepeda (1859): Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-cepeda-1859/ By dusk on 23 October 1859, Bartolomé Mitre already knew he had lost. His Buenos Aires army was breaking apart on the flat ground at Cañada de Cepeda, and he ordered the retreat toward the river and the boats that would carry his men home. He had lost the battle. What almost no one watching the field could have guessed was that the loser of Cepeda would, within a few years, shape the Argentina that emerged from it.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/h/f/battle-of-cepeda-1859-wp/6dhf-battle-of-cepeda-1859-a-country-split-in-two.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Cepeda (1859): Federalists and Unitarians https://qualla.com/battle-of-cepeda-1859/ The split ran along a fault line that had divided Argentines for a generation. On one side stood the federalists, who wanted power shared among the provinces; their champion was Justo José de Urquiza, the cattle-rich caudillo of Entre Ríos and president of the Confederation. On t...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/h/f/battle-of-cepeda-1859-wp/6dhf-battle-of-cepeda-1859-the-powers-that-watched.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Cepeda (1859): Dusk at the Cañada https://qualla.com/battle-of-cepeda-1859/ The two armies met at Cañada de Cepeda on 23 October 1859. After a day of maneuvering, the forces clashed in the afternoon, and by nightfall Urquiza's Confederation army held the field. Mitre, his troops scattered, pulled back toward San Nicolás de los Arroyos and embarked his su...

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