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Battle of India Muerta
Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date 19 November 1816 Location Arroyo India Muerta (near present-day Velázquez, Rocha, Uruguay) 34°5′38″S 54°17′42″W Result Luso-Brazilian victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Federal League
Commanders and leaders
Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia	Fructuoso Rivera
Strength
Total: 957 722 infantry and artillery 235 cavalry 1 cannon	1,700 cavalry and infantry
Casualties and losses
95: 29 killed 66 wounded	~600: ~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.

References

Bibliography

• Ferreira, Fábio (2012). O General Lecor, os voluntários reais e os conflitos pela independência do Brasil na Cisplatina (PDF) (in Portuguese). Niterói: Universidade Federal Fluminense.
• Garcia, Rodolfo (2012). Obras do Barão do Rio Branco VI: efemérides brasileiras (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brasília: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão. ISBN 978-85-7631-357-1.

External links

• Original report of the battle written by Sebastião Correia and sent to Carlos Frederico Lecor