Battle of India Muerta explained

Conflict:Battle of India Muerta
Partof:the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date:19 November 1816
Place:Rocha, Uruguay
Result:Luso-Brazilian victory
Combatant1: United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Combatant2: Federal League
Commander1:Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia
Commander2:Fructuoso Rivera
Strength1:
    • 722 infantry and artillery
    • 235 cavalry
    • 1 cannon
    Strength2:1,700 cavalry and infantry
    Casualties1:95:
    29 killed
    66 wounded
    Casualties2:~600:
    ~200 killed
    350-400 wounded
    30 captured

    The Battle of India Muerta took place between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia against the artiguists led by Fructuoso Rivera in Rocha, present-day Uruguay. The battle lasted for four and a half hours and ended in a Luso-Brazilian victory.

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