Battle of Ituzaingó
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The Battle of Ituzaingó, also known as the Battle of Passo do Rosário, was a pitched battle fought in the vicinity of the Santa Maria River, in a valley of small hills where a stream divided the valley into two.
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Battle of Ituzaingó | |||||||
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Part of the Cisplatine War | |||||||
Death of Federico de Brandsen during the battle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Empire of Brazil | United Provinces | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Marquis of Barbacena | Carlos M. de Alvear | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Modern Estimate:[1] 6,300 Argentine Estimate:[2] 10,000 Brazilian Estimate:[3][4] 5,600~6,200 |
Modern Estimate:[1] 7,700 Argentine Estimate:[5] 7,700 Brazilian Estimate:[4][6] 9,000~9,800 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Modern Estimate:[1] 200 dead and 90 wounded Argentine Estimate:[7] 1,200 dead, «large number of prisoners» and 10 cannons captured Brazilian Estimate:[8] 172~200 dead, 91~150 wounded, 74 prisoners and up to 800 missing |
Modern Estimate:[1] 147 dead and 256 wounded Argentine Estimate:[7] 500 dead Brazilian Estimate:[9] 211 dead and 331 wounded |
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After a two-year series of continuous sundry skirmishes in the Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul) and along the border of this region with Brazil, the advancing Argentine Army (including Orientals) engaged in combat with the Imperial Brazilian Army.
The battle lasted for about six hours, beginning at around six in the morning of 20 February 1827.[10]