Battle of Jaguarão

Battle of the Uruguayan War
Battle of Jaguarão
Part of the Uruguayan War
Date27 January 1865
Location
Jaguarão in southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Result Brazilian victory
Belligerents

 Empire of Brazil

  • Imperial Army

 Uruguay

  • Uruguayan Army
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Pereira Vargas Basilio Muñoz
Timoteo Aparicio
Strength
90 infantrymen
400 cavalrymen		 1,500 cavalrymen
Casualties and losses
2 dead
4 wounded		 6 dead
20 wounded
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Uruguayan War

The Battle of Jaguarão was fought in the town of Jaguarão in the then province of Rio Grande do Sul, on 27 January 1865, between the Imperial Brazilian Army and a Uruguayan militia during the Uruguayan War.[1]

References

  1. ^ Donato, Hernâni (1996). IBRASA (ed.). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras (2 ed.). São Paulo. p. 329. ISBN 85-348-0034-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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