| Battle of Jaguarão | |||||||
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| Part of the Uruguayan War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Empire of Brazil | Uruguay | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Manoel Pereira Vargas | Bazilio Muños Timoteo Aparicio |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 90 infantrymen 400 cavalrymen |
1,500 cavalrymen | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 dead 4 wounded |
6 dead 20 wounded |
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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.