First Upper Peru campaign

First Upper Peru campaign
	Part of Argentine War of Independence; Bolivian War of Independence
	; Path of the military campaign. The blue mark is for patriot victories (Suipacha), the red mark for royalist ones (Cotagaita, Huaqui and Amiraya).
Date	1810–1811
Location	Upper Peru
Result	Viceroyalty of Peru victory
Belligerents
Provinces of the Río de la Plata	Viceroyalty of Peru
Commanders and leaders
Antonio González de Balcarce; Juan José Castelli; Eustaquio Díaz Vélez; Juan Martín de Pueyrredón; Martín Miguel de Güemes	José de Córdoba y Rojas ; José Manuel de Goyeneche; Francisco del Rivero; Juan Ramírez Orozco; Juan Pío de Tristán
Units involved
Army of Peru	Royal Army of Peru

The First Upper Peru campaign was a military campaign of the Argentine War of Independence, which took place in 1810. It was headed by Juan José Castelli, and attempted to expand the influence of the Buenos Aires May Revolution in Upper Peru (modern Bolivia). There were initial victories, such as in the Battle of Suipacha and the revolt of Cochabamba, but it was finally defeated during the Battle of Huaqui that returned Upper Peru to Royalist influence. Manuel Belgrano and José Rondeau would attempt other similarly ill-fated campaigns; the Royalists in the Upper Peru would be finally defeated by Sucre, whose military campaign came from the North supporting Simón Bolívar.