Battle of Catalán

Part of Luso-Brazilian invasion

Date	4 January 1817
Location	Arroyo Catalán, Uruguay
Result	Decisive Portuguese victory

Belligerents

Portuguese Empire

Banda Oriental

Commanders and leaders

Marquis of Alegrete
João de Deus Mena Barreto
José de Abreu Mena Barreto
Joaquim Xavier Curado

Andrés Latorre

Strength

2400 men
2 cannons

3400 men
11 cannons

Casualties and losses

78 men killed
146 men captured

900 men killed
290 men captured
6000 horses captured
2 cannons captured

Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental

Santa Ana (1816) Ibiraocaí (1816) Carumbé (1816) India Muerta (1816) Sauce (1816) Pablo Perez (1816) River Ibicuí (1817) Arapey (1817) Catalán (1817) Apósteles (1817) San Carlos (1817) Chapicuy (1817) Queguay Chico (1817) Arroyo Grande (1818) Santa María (1819) Queguay Chico (1817) Tacuarembó (1820)

The Battle of Catalán was a battle between the Portuguese forces under the Marquis of Alegrete, Luís Teles da Silva Caminha e Meneses, and the Artiguist forces of Andrés Latorre in Arroyo Catalán, modern-day Uruguay.^[1]

The encounter ended with a decisive Portuguese victory.

References

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