First Battle of Guararapes

First Battle of Guararapes
	Part of the Dutch invasions of Brazil
	; The Battle of Guararapes
Date	19 April 1648
Location	Morro dos Guararapes (present-day Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil)
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
West India Company	Kingdom of Portugal State of Brazil;
Commanders and leaders
S. van Schoppe (WIA)	Barreto de Meneses
Strength
5,000; 5 cannons	2,200
Casualties and losses
1,000; 1 cannon captured	480:; 80 killed; 400 wounded

The First Battle of Guararapes took place during the Insurrection of Pernambuco, between Dutch and Portuguese forces in Pernambuco, in a dispute for the dominion of that part of the Portuguese colony of Brazil.

^ ^a ^b Marley 1998, p. 133.
^ Marley 1998, p. 133: Von Schoppe marches out of Recife with five field pieces and 5,000 men in five regiments commanded by Colonel Brinck, van den Brande, van Elst, Hautyn, and Heerweer.
^ Garcia 2012, p. 265.
^ Marley 1998, p. 133: Von Schoppe is wounded and obliged to retire to Recife with 1,000 lost through death, injury or captured.
^ Marley 1998, p. 133: (...) as opposed to 80 killed and 400 wounded in Barreto's ranks.