Campaign of Sucre in Upper Peru Campaign of Sucre in Upper Peru Campaign of Sucre in Upper Peru was a set of military operations conducted by the Liberator United Army of Peru to dislodge the Spanish royalists in Upper Peru or Charcas. Were started after the Battle of Ayacucho and concluded with the surrender of the last groups of realistic after combat of Tumusla. On February 6 Marshal Sucre at the head of the Liberation Army crossed the Desaguadero River (Bolivia) to occupy La Paz. General Jose Maria Cordova, with its Colombian division should dig in La Paz. Francisco Burdett O'Connor commanded the division of Peru
Protectorate of Peru of the 1780-1781 uprising by indigenous leader Túpac Amaru II and the earlier removal of Upper Peru and the Río de la Plata regions from the Viceroyalty of Peru. Because of this the viceroy often had the support of the "Lima oligarchy," who saw their elite interests threatened by popular rebellion and were opposed to the new commercial class in Buenos Aires. During the first decade 1800s Peru had been a stronghold for royalists, who fought those in favor of independence in Perú, Upper Peru, Quito and Chile. Among the most important events during the war was the proclamation of