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| Battle of India Muerta | |||||||
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| Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves |
 Federal League | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia | Fructuoso Rivera | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
Total: 957
| 1,700 cavalry and infantry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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95: 29 killed 66 wounded |
~600: ~200 killed 350–400 wounded 30 captured | ||||||
| Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental | |
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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.
References
Citations
- Garcia 2012, p. 651.
- ^ Garcia 2012, p. 652.
- Ferreira 2012, p. 75.
- Garcia 2012, pp. 651–652.
Bibliography
- Ferreira, Fábio (2012). O General Lecor, os voluntários reais e os conflitos pela independência do Brasil na Cisplatina (PDF) (in Portuguese). Niterói: Universidade Federal Fluminense.
- 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.
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