Anita Arnon

They have insane discipline and determination because they are outnumbered.

But what they manage to do is they manage to make little breaks in the Spanish defense and they break it.

They break through.

It's like, you know, sort of dotted paper where you have these weaknesses and he does it.

And so you have the enemy upping sticks

and running.

They are retreating in disarray and many simply surrender.

The battle only lasts four hours, but it is decisive because Spanish power in Peru collapses and arguably the biggest prize has been won.

But you know, that's not the end of any story, is it, Willie?

Well, winning a territory is one thing, holding it is quite another.

And it gets dark really quickly because you start seeing him.

There is royalist opposition in Peru because they've done really well.

They've been the rich gringotts bank of this whole situation for a long time.

They don't like this guy coming in.

So what happens is he convinces the Peruvian Congress to name him Dictator of Peru.

Now, although this is offered to him, it outrages the Colombians who, you know, he's left behind the Colombians.

Do you remember Santander?

Yeah, he's writing out, you know, Santander's still working on how, you know, we're going to set up a civil society after winning these battles.

An autocrat?

That's not in the script.