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 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.

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.

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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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