[3] Before going into battle, General Ribas addressed the youths who accompanied him, ending with these words: Soldiers: What we have desired will be held today: behold Boves.

While the fighting raged, the Patriots received a reinforcement of 220 infantry under Vicente Campo Elías, from San Mateo, that effectively broke the siege.

Hours later, Morales and his men withdrew through the mountains towards Pao de Zárate, pursued by the Republican cavalry.

[citation needed] On 12 February 1947, the Constituent Assembly decreed that Venezuela would celebrate each anniversary of the battle as Youth Day, in honor of the young people who achieved this important victory.

In Victoria's main square there is a sculptural group made by Eloy Palacios, erected in 1895, representing Ribas showing a youth how to use a rifle.