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Battle of Catalán

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Marquis of AlegreteJoão de Deus Mena BarretoJosé de Abreu Mena BarretoJoaquim Xavier Curado
  
Andrés Latorre

Date
  
4 January 1817

Location
  
2400 men2 cannons
  
3400 men11 cannons

Result
  
Portuguese victory

78 men killed146 men captured
  
900 men killed290 men captured6000 horses captured2 cannons captured

The Battle of Catalán was a battle between the Portuguese forces under the Marquis of Alegrete, Luís Teles da Silva Caminha e Meneses, and the Artiguist forces of Andrés Latorre in Arroyo Catalán, modern-day Uruguay.

The encounter ended with a decisive Portuguese victory.

References

Battle of Catalán Wikipedia


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