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Battle of India Muerta

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Battle of India Muerta
Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date 19 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	1,700 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 took place between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia against the artiguists led by Fructuoso RiverainRocha, present-day Uruguay. The battle lasted for four and a half hours and ended in a Luso-Brazilian victory.^[4]

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Bibliography[edit]

• 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.

External links[edit]

• Original report of the battle written by Sebastião Correia and sent to Carlos Frederico Lecor

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