Completar frases Battle of Pichincha (I)Versión en línea Read and practice. Complete. por Cañizares Ronny 1 In Quito , the army had joined forces and was fighting to save its last bastion . General José de Sucre tried to move with his army to the north of the city and , on May 23 , settled on the slopes of with the aim of besieging the city . However , the royalists discovered him at dawn on 24 and deployed forces . The combat had to be fought with both adversaries not being fully prepared . The two knew that this struggle would be decisive and used all their effort and . Since the took place in the foothills of Pichincha , the combat could be seen from the city . Some resulted from this battle .