Battle of Paso Cuello
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| Battle of Paso Cuello | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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Carlos F. Lecor |
Miguel Barreiro Fructuoso Rivera | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Uruguayan sources:[2] 1,700 5 cannons |
Uruguayan sources:[3][4] 400-1,300 1-2 cannons Lecor's report:[5] 1,400-1,500 4 cannons | ||||||
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Uruguayan sources:[4] 50 killed and wounded |
Uruguayan sources:[6] 100 killed and wounded Lecor's report:[5] 50-60 killed 40 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Paso Cuello took place on 19 March 1817 between forces commanded by Carlos Frederico Lecor, at that time Baron of Laguna, and artiguist forces[a], that is, followers of the caudillo José Gervasio Artigas, led by Fructuoso Rivera and Miguel Barreiro at Paso Cuello, a small stream that divides the modern day Uruguayan departments of Canelones and Florida.
Lecor, that had already taken Montevideo by that time, left the city a few days earlier with his forces to attack the oriental encampment at Paso Cuello, where he believed Artigas had made his base.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also referred to as "orientals", from the Spanish demonym orientales, in reference to the inhabitants of the Banda Oriental.
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 132.
- ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 141.
- ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 93.
- ^ a b Vidal et al 2017, p. 150.
- ^ a b Vidal et al 2017, p. 147.
- ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 146.
Bibliography
[edit]- Vidal, José; Torena, Daniel; Borra, Luis; López Romanelli, Federico; Nóbile, Oscar; Avilleira, Javier; Pocecco Pérez, Álvaro (2017). Canelones: Historias de la Resistencia Artiguista (in Spanish). ISBN 978-9974-8410-3-1.