Huascar and Atahualpa’s armies meet. Huáscar, after…
1531 CE
Huascar and Atahualpa’s armies meet.
Huáscar, after finding himself in a dominant position, refuses to make use of it, opting for a safe retreat, crossing the Cotabambas River on the way to Cuzco.
Atahualpa's army pushes south through Huáscar’s territory, wining at Bonbon and Jauja.
The battle starting on the hillside of Vilcas seems to favor Huáscar.
who is stationed in a stone fortress at the top of the hill, but eventually he retreats.
Atahualpa's men win at Pincos, Andaguayias, at the battle between Curaguaci and Auancay northwest of Cuzco, at Limatambo, about twenty miles from Cuzco, and at Ichubamba, where Huáscar’s men flee.