Battle of Jaguarão
Appearance
Battle of Jaguarão | |||||||
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Part of the Uruguayan War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Manuel Pereira Vargas |
Basilio Muñoz Timoteo Aparicio | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
90 infantrymen 400 cavalrymen | 1,500 cavalrymen | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 dead 4 wounded |
6 dead 20 wounded |
The Battle of Jaguarão was fought in the town of Jaguarão in the then province of Rio Grande do Sul, on 27 January 1865, between the Imperial Brazilian Army and a Uruguayan militia during the Uruguayan War.
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