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: |
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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.