Marquis of AlegreteJoão de Deus Mena BarretoJosé de Abreu Mena BarretoJoaquim Xavier Curado Date 4 January 1817 | 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.
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