Magdalena campaign

The Magdalena campaign
Part of Spanish American wars of independence
Conflicts in New Grenada, 1806–1814.
Date 1812–1813 Location Magdalena River, Viceroyalty of New Granada Result Republican control of the lower Magdalena region until the Spanish reconquest of New Granada (1815–1816)
Belligerents
United Provinces of New Granada	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Simón Bolívar, Pierre Labatut	Aguardole Rebustillo

The Magdalena campaign was a military operation from late 1812 to early 1813, led by the independentists Simón Bolívar and Pierre Labatut against royalists and the crown of Spain in New Granada (present-day Colombia). The campaign resulted in the revolutionary United Provinces of New Grenada taking control of the Magdalena River, which connects the port city of Cartagena with the interior of Colombia.