Battle of Tacuarembó
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Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Count of Figueira | Andrés Latorre Pantaleón Sotelo † | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
1,200[1]-4,000[2] 2 guns | 2,000[3]-2,500[1] 4 guns | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
6:[4] 1 killed 5 wounded | 1005:[5] 500 killed 505 captured |
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- Santa Ana
- San Borja
- Ibiraocaí
- Carumbé
- India Muerta
- Sauce
- Pablo Pérez
- Ibicuí River
- Arapey
- Catalán
- Paso Cuello
- Apósteles
- San Carlos
- Chapicuy
- Queguay Chico
- Arroyo Grande
- Santa María
- Tacuarembó
The Battle of Tacuarembó took place between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of José de Castelo Branco Correia, Count of Figueira, and the Artiguist forces of Andrés Latorre in Tacuarembó, modern-day Uruguay.
The encounter resulted in a catastrophe for the Artiguist army. Indeed, out of 2,500 men, 500 were killed and 505 were captured, while the Luso-Brazilian forces only had 6 casualties (1 soldier killed and 5 wounded).
Due to the complete annihilation of Latorre's forces, the battle was a severe blow to the independentist cause and determined the victory of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in the war.
See also
- Colonial Uruguay
- Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
References
Citations
- ^ a b Garcia 2012, p. 75.
- ^ Arezo 2008, p. 33.
- ^ Marley 1998, p. 418.
- ^ Pelfort 1996, p. 41.
- ^ Garcia 2012, p. 76.
Bibliography
- Arezo, Carlos Pozada (2008). De Sepé a Gardel: historias y crónicas de Tacuarembó (in Spanish). Ediciones de la Plaza. ISBN 9789974481497.
- Garcia, Rodolfo (2012). Obras do Barão do Rio Branco VI: efemérides brasileiras (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brasília: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão. ISBN 978-85-7631-357-1.
- Marley, David (1998). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780874368376.
- Pelfort, Jorge (1996). Abolición de la esclavitud en el Uruguay: 150 años (in Spanish). Montevideo: Ediciones de la Plaza.
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