Battle of Paso Cuello

Battle of Paso Cuello
Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date19 March 1817
Location
Paso Cuello, border region between Canelones and Florida, Banda Oriental (modern-day Uruguay)[1]
Result

Tactical Luso-Brazilian victory
Strategic victory of the Federal League

  • Artiguist forces withdraw from the battlefield and the Paso Cuello is taken by Lecor's army
  • The artiguists fulfill their objective of delaying the enemy's advance
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.

Notes

  1. ^ Also referred to as "orientals", from the Spanish demonym orientales, in reference to the inhabitants of the Banda Oriental.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 132.
  2. ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 141.
  3. ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 93.
  4. ^ a b Vidal et al 2017, p. 150.
  5. ^ a b Vidal et al 2017, p. 147.
  6. ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 146.

Bibliography

  • Vidal, José; Torena, Daniel; Borra, Luis; López Romanelli, Federico; Nóbile, Oscar; Avilleira, Javier; Pocecco Pérez, Álvaro (2017). Canelones: Historias de la Resistencia Artiguista (in Spanish). ISBN 978-9974-8410-3-1.