Battle of India Muerta
Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date19 November 1816
Location
Rocha, Uruguay
Result Luso-Brazilian victory
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]
  • 722 infantry and artillery
  • 235 cavalry
  • 1 cannon
 1700 cavalry and infantry[2]
Casualties and losses
95[2]
29 killed
66 wounded		 ~600[3]
~200 killed
350-400 wounded
30 captured

The Battle of India Muerta was a battle 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.[4]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Garcia 2012, p. 651.
  2. 1 2 Garcia 2012, p. 652.
  3. ↑ Ferreira 2012, p. 75.
  4. ↑ 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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