This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (October 2021) |
Battle of Paso Cuello | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
Carlos F. Lecor |
Miguel Barreiro Fructuoso Rivera | ||||||
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.
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (October 2021) |
Battle of Paso Cuello | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves | Federal League | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Carlos F. Lecor |
Miguel Barreiro Fructuoso Rivera | ||||||
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.