Click on image to see enlarged The February 12, 1814 was recorded in history Venezuela as the day when an army of young people, many of them almost kids, untrained and with rifle in hand, had to leave the battlefield to stop the advancing forces of Boves.
that day, from very early hours and into the evening, the 1,500 soldiers he had recruited José Félix Ribas in the seminar and the University of Caracas, they faced the army of Boves that exceeded not only numerically but also in experience and weapons.
although there were less (the royalists had 2,500 troops) could more effort and courage of the youth who eventually won, supported by Vicente Campo Elias, who arrived at the last minute with a reinforcement of 220 soldiers. As a tribute to this heroic deed, is held every February 12 Youth Day.
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