Battle of Tacuarembó

The Battle of Tacuarembó was a battle 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.

Battle of Tacuarembó
Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date22 January 1820
Location
Tacuarembó, Uruguay
Result

Luso-Brazilian victory

  • Annexation of the Banda Oriental by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Belligerents
United Kingdom Federal League
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

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

References

Citations
  1. Garcia 2012, p. 75.
  2. Arezo 2008, p. 33.
  3. Marley 1998, p. 418.
  4. Pelfort 1996, p. 41.
  5. 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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