Battle of Tacuarembó
| Battle of Tacuarembó | |||||||||
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| Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United Kingdom |
 Federal League | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Count of Figueira |
Andrés Latorre Pantaleón Sotelo † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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1,200[1]-4,000[2] 2 guns |
2,000[3]-2,500[1] 4 guns | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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6:[4] 1 killed 5 wounded |
1005:[5] 500 killed 505 captured | ||||||||
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
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Garcia 2012, p. 75.
- ^ Arezo 2008, p. 33.
- ^ Marley 1998, p. 418.
- ^ Pelfort 1996, p. 41.
- ^ Garcia 2012, p. 76.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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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