On this day José Antonio Páez gave his cry Back Faces in Queseras del Medio

Néstor Rivero Pérez nestor5030@gmail.com On April 2, 1819, a body of 150 horsemen, chosen personally by General José Antonio Páez and to the cry of “Revolván Caras”, was beaten in surprising mourning with the realistic force of 4,200 troops headed by General Pablo Morillo. The action, celebrated on the left bank of the Arauca River (Apure), resulted in four hundred deaths of the realistic troops, several hundred wounded and many others scattered…