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Battle of India Muerta | |||||||
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Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves | Federal League | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia | Fructuoso Rivera | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Total: 957
[1]
| 1,700 cavalry and infantry [2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
95:
[2] 29 killed 66 wounded |
~600:
[3] ~200 killed 350-400 wounded 30 captured |
The Battle of India Muerta took place between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia against the artiguists led by Fructuoso Rivera in Rocha, present-day Uruguay. The battle lasted for four and a half hours and ended in a Luso-Brazilian victory. [4]