A Portuguese military engagement against Artigas's forces during the conquest of the Banda Oriental, occurring shortly after Lecor's capture of Montevideo.
Key Facts
- Date
- 19 March 1817
- Location
- Stream between Canelones and Florida departments
- Portuguese commander
- Carlos Frederico Lecor (Baron of Laguna)
- Artiguist commanders
- Fructuoso Rivera and Miguel Barreiro
- Context
- Lecor had recently taken Montevideo before this battle
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Following the Portuguese capture of Montevideo, Carlos Frederico Lecor received intelligence that the caudillo José Gervasio Artigas had established his base at the artiguist encampment of Paso Cuello, a small stream on the border of present-day Canelones and Florida departments. Lecor left Montevideo with his forces to neutralize this encampment and press the Portuguese campaign against the Banda Oriental.
On 19 March 1817, Portuguese forces under Lecor clashed with artiguist troops commanded by Fructuoso Rivera and Miguel Barreiro at Paso Cuello. The battle represented a direct confrontation between the advancing Portuguese army and the followers of Artigas resisting the conquest of the Banda Oriental.
The source does not detail the battle's immediate outcome, but the engagement was part of the broader Portuguese military campaign to subdue artiguist resistance in the Banda Oriental, a campaign that would ultimately result in Portuguese control of the region and the eventual formation of the Cisplatine Province.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
Carlos Frederico Lecor (Baron of Laguna).
Side B
1 belligerent
Fructuoso Rivera, Miguel Barreiro.