Battle of Jaguarão

Battle of Jaguarão
	Part of the Uruguayan War
Date	27 January 1865
Location	Jaguarão in southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Result	Brazilian victory
Belligerents
Empire of Brazil Imperial Army;	Uruguay Uruguayan Army;
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.[1]

References

Donato, Hernâni (1996). IBRASA (ed.). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras (2 ed.). São Paulo. p. 329. ISBN 85-348-0034-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] Donato, Hernâni (1996). IBRASA (ed.). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras (2 ed.). São Paulo. p. 329. ISBN 85-348-0034-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)