This is a chronological list of military actions in the Argentine War of Independence. Although achieving full independence was not the declared goal at first, the terms patriots and royalists are used since they are the most common names, identifying the ones who responded to the governments of Buenos Aires or their own governments and those who were loyal to the Council of Regency of Spain and the Indies respectively.Official Reports and Documents Relating to the Argentine War of Independence: Official Publication. Volume 1. Author: General Archive of the Nation (Argentina). Compiled by: Agustín Pardo. 2nd Edition. Publisher: Printing Workshop of the National Penitentiary, 1900.