Table II

Expedition Sent From Cuzco Against Tupac Amaru, March, 1781.

Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal José del Valle (E)1  
Major General: Captain Francisco Cuellar (E)  
Field Adjutants: Lieutenant of Cavalry Antonio Donoso
  (E) Lieutenant of Cavalry Isidro Rodríguez
  (E) Ensign of Cavalry Francisco López (E) 
 
First Column  
Commandant: Sergeant Major of Cavalry Joaquín de Valcárcel (E)  
Second: Colonel ot Militia Marqués de Rocafuerte (C)  
Dragoons of Cotabambas 100 
Dragoons of Calca 60 
Dragoons of Urubamba 100 
Dragoons of Abancay 25 
Dragoons of Andahuaylas 25 
Faithful Indians of Tambo y Quebrada de Calca 2,000 
 2,310 
Second Column  
Commandant: Lieutenant Colonel Juan Manuel de Campero (E)  
Second: Lieutenant of Infantry José Varela (E)  
Light Cavalry 200 
Cavalry of Cuzco 150 
Cavalry of Quispicanchis 200 
Cavalry of Andahuaylas 200 
Infantry of Lima 200 
Faithful Indians of Maras, Guayabamba and Chincheros 2,000 
 2,950 
Third Column  
Commandant: Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Villalta (C)  
Second: Colonel of Militia Matías Baulen (E)  
Infantry of Lima 100 
Infantry of Andahuaylas 300 
Infantry of Abancay 200 
Company of Cacique Rosas 200 
Company of Cacique Lebu 100 
Faithful Indians of Tinta, Guarocordo, Suritti, and Altos 2,000 
 2,900 
Fourth Column  
Commandant: Corregidor of Paruro Manuel Ruíz de Castilla (E)  
Second: Colonel of Militia Isidro Guisasola (E)  
Infantry of Cuzco 100 
Spaniards and Faithful Indians 2,900 
 3,000 
Fifth Column  
Commandant: Colonel of Infantry Domingo Mamara (E)  
Second: Corregidor of Cotabambas José Acuña  
Third: Corregidor of Chumbivilcas Francisco Laesquilla (C) Veteran Infantry 100 
Spaniards and Faithful Indians 2,900 
 3,000 
Sixth Column  
Commandant: Colonel José Cavero (E)  
Second: Senior Justice of Paucartambo Francisco Celorio (C) Spaniards and Faithful Indians 550 
Corps of Reserves  
Commandant: Colonel of Dragoons Gabriel de Avilés (E)  
Second: Captain of the Army José León (E)  
Third: Colonel of Militia Gabriel de Ugarte (C)  
Veteran Infantry of Lima 300 
Veteran Infantry of Huamanga 200 
 500 
Grand Total 15,210 
Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal José del Valle (E)1  
Major General: Captain Francisco Cuellar (E)  
Field Adjutants: Lieutenant of Cavalry Antonio Donoso
  (E) Lieutenant of Cavalry Isidro Rodríguez
  (E) Ensign of Cavalry Francisco López (E) 
 
First Column  
Commandant: Sergeant Major of Cavalry Joaquín de Valcárcel (E)  
Second: Colonel ot Militia Marqués de Rocafuerte (C)  
Dragoons of Cotabambas 100 
Dragoons of Calca 60 
Dragoons of Urubamba 100 
Dragoons of Abancay 25 
Dragoons of Andahuaylas 25 
Faithful Indians of Tambo y Quebrada de Calca 2,000 
 2,310 
Second Column  
Commandant: Lieutenant Colonel Juan Manuel de Campero (E)  
Second: Lieutenant of Infantry José Varela (E)  
Light Cavalry 200 
Cavalry of Cuzco 150 
Cavalry of Quispicanchis 200 
Cavalry of Andahuaylas 200 
Infantry of Lima 200 
Faithful Indians of Maras, Guayabamba and Chincheros 2,000 
 2,950 
Third Column  
Commandant: Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Villalta (C)  
Second: Colonel of Militia Matías Baulen (E)  
Infantry of Lima 100 
Infantry of Andahuaylas 300 
Infantry of Abancay 200 
Company of Cacique Rosas 200 
Company of Cacique Lebu 100 
Faithful Indians of Tinta, Guarocordo, Suritti, and Altos 2,000 
 2,900 
Fourth Column  
Commandant: Corregidor of Paruro Manuel Ruíz de Castilla (E)  
Second: Colonel of Militia Isidro Guisasola (E)  
Infantry of Cuzco 100 
Spaniards and Faithful Indians 2,900 
 3,000 
Fifth Column  
Commandant: Colonel of Infantry Domingo Mamara (E)  
Second: Corregidor of Cotabambas José Acuña  
Third: Corregidor of Chumbivilcas Francisco Laesquilla (C) Veteran Infantry 100 
Spaniards and Faithful Indians 2,900 
 3,000 
Sixth Column  
Commandant: Colonel José Cavero (E)  
Second: Senior Justice of Paucartambo Francisco Celorio (C) Spaniards and Faithful Indians 550 
Corps of Reserves  
Commandant: Colonel of Dragoons Gabriel de Avilés (E)  
Second: Captain of the Army José León (E)  
Third: Colonel of Militia Gabriel de Ugarte (C)  
Veteran Infantry of Lima 300 
Veteran Infantry of Huamanga 200 
 500 
Grand Total 15,210 
1

(E) and (C) indicate the European Spaniards and Creoles serving in the command and staff group of the expedition. Note that Villalta, the former commandant in Cuzco, was the only Creole given command. Upon Areche’s arrival, Villalta had been replaced as inspector by Colonel Juan Manuel Campero, a Spanish infantry officer serving as corregidor of Quispicanchis, who later received the govemship of Tucumán and a habit in the Order of Santiago for his services. A limeño who was an officer in the Royal Army and a member of the Order of Santiago, he was villified by Gálvez following the close of the revolt and denied further promotion. The ranking Creole officer was Colonel of Militia Juan Nicolás de Lobatón y Zavala, the Marqués de Rocafuerte, whose extraordinary bravery and strong financial support for the war was still insufficient to gain him his request for a colonelcy in the regular army.

Source: Table accompanying the Report from del Valle to Gálvez, Cuzco, Mar. 1, 1781, ff. 9-12, AGI, Lima, leg. 1044. The routes taken by each column are described in the Colección documental, II, part 2, 518-520.

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