War of the Generals

Eloy Alfaro

The War of the Generals was a civil war fought in Ecuador from 1911 to 1912. Its causes laid in liberal opposition to the authoritarian reign of Eloy Alfaro.[1] The revolt began on 28 December 1911.[2] The decisive battle of the war was fought on 18 January 1912 at Yaguachi, where Alfaro was defeated and captured.[1] Alfaro's body was publicly cremated on 28 January 1912.[1] Total casualties on both sides numbered around 1500.[1] Less than a year later, a new civil war would erupt in Ecuador, which would see the Esmeraldas Province rise up against the rule of Leónidas Plaza.[3]

Further reading

  • Spindler, Frank MacDonald (1987). Nineteenth Century Ecuador: An Historical Introduction. George Mason University Press. ISBN 9780802600158.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Clodfelter, Micheal (2017-05-09). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015, 4th ed. McFarland. p. 326. ISBN 9780786474707.
  2. ^ Spindler, Frank MacDonald (1987). Nineteenth Century Ecuador: An Historical Introduction. George Mason University Press. p. 208. ISBN 9780802600158.
  3. ^ Sarkees, Meredith Reid; Wayman, Frank Whelon (2010-07-01). Resort to war: a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816-2007. CQ Press. p. 392. ISBN 9780872894341.