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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. The revolt began on 28 December 1911. The decisive battle of the war was fought on 18 January 1912 at Yaguachi, where Alfaro was defeated and captured. Alfaro's body was publicly cremated on 28 January 1912. Total casualties on both sides numbered around 1500. 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.

Further reading

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

References

1. ^ 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.

• Military history of Ecuador
• Conflicts in 1911
• Conflicts in 1912
• Wars involving Ecuador
• 1911 in Ecuador
• 1912 in Ecuador