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The Battle of Pichincha

The Battle of Pichincha took place on May 24, 1822 between the patriotic forces commanded by Antonio Jose de Sucre and the royalist troops led by Melchor Aymerich. Thecrash occurred on the slopes of the volcano Pichincha in Quito, Ecuador today.
The patriot army consisted of 2900 men, most grancolombinos (battalions Paya, Magdalena and Yaguachi) and Peru (Trujilloand Piura battalions). There were also British and Argentine. The royalists had 3000 soldiers.
Sucre had led his troops from Guayaquil to Quito, with the goal of expelling the Spanish in this city.After many hardships reached the volcano Pichincha on May 23, 1822. At night ordered the rise and the dawn of May 24 had gained good height. But the spotted Spanish and climbed the volcano to face.
Inthe violent clash patriotic battalions fought bravely, but they had little ammunition and suffered heavy casualties from enemy fire. When it seemed that the triumph was in favor of Spanish, appeared onthe heights the battalion Albion (English), with ammunition and reinforcements. The Patriots returned to the charge and managed to disrupt and put to flight the enemy.
The patriot victory led to therelease of Pichincha Quito and its annexation to the Republic of Gran Colombia, whose president was Don Simon Bolivar. The Liberator made ​​its triumphant entry to Quito on June 16, 1822.


¿Quées velocidad?
La velocidad es la cualidad física que nos permite realizar un movimiento en el menor tiempo posible. Nos posibilita desplazarnos muy rápidamente, o bien mover una parte de nuestrocuerpo muy rápido (una mano, una pierna...). Además, gracias a la velocidad también podremos responder a cualquier estimulo que recibamos.
La velocidad es muy necesaria para la práctica de la mayoría delos deportes:
atletismo.
deportes de equipo, (en los contraataques, en los movimientos de los porteros y en otros gestos que deben realizarse muy rápidos).
en el tenis, golf, tenis de mesa......