san martin's troops charged the spanish battalion, followed by bermudez bringing up a second charge. san martin fell from his horse after it was wounded, but was rescued by juan bautista cabral and juan bautista baigorria, two men from his regiment. cabral was mortally wounded in the process and san martín reported that cabral's dying words (in guarani) were: "i die happy, we have defeated the enemy". moments later, lieutenant bouchard killed the spanish flag bearer, completing the rout of the spanish forces.