Battle of Arapey

Part of Luso-Brazilian invasion

Date	3 January 1817
Location	Salto, Uruguay
Result	Decisive Portuguese victory

Belligerents

Portuguese Empire

Banda Oriental

Commanders and leaders

José de Abreu Mena Barreto

José Gervasio Artigas

Strength

600 men
2 artillery pieces

500 men

Casualties and losses

Light

Very heavy

Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental

Santa Ana (1816) Ibiraocaí (1816) Carumbé (1816) India Muerta (1816) Sauce (1816) Pablo Perez (1816) River Ibicuí (1817) Arapey (1817) Catalán (1817) Apósteles (1817) San Carlos (1817) Chapicuy (1817) Queguay Chico (1817) Arroyo Grande (1818) Santa María (1819) Queguay Chico (1817) Tacuarembó (1820)

The Battle of Arapey was an encounter between the Portuguese forces under José de Abreu Mena Barreto and the Artiguist forces led by José Artigas, the independentist caudillo himself, in Salto, modern-day Uruguay.

The encounter ended with a decisive victory for the Portuguese.

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