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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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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
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 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
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.
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