 Battalion Rifles was created on August 13, 1818 with the British Riflemen under the command of Colonel Robert Piggot, survivors of the Battle of La Puerta (1818), formerly called the "Line Battalion" or "Fusiliers of the Honor Guard".Its nucleus was recruited by the British and its ranks were completed with Creole peoples and natives of the Caribbean.Later, the unit participated in actions that included expeditions through the Llanos and the Andes and the Boyacá Campaign, 1819.