Conflict: | Battle of Jaguarão |
Partof: | the Uruguayan War |
Date: | 27 January 1865 |
Place: | Jaguarão in southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Result: | Brazilian victory |
Combatant1: | |
Combatant2: | Uruguay |
Commander1: | Manuel Pereira Vargas |
Commander2: | Basilio Muñoz Timoteo Aparicio |
Strength1: | 90 infantrymen 400 cavalrymen |
Strength2: | 1,500 cavalrymen |
Casualties1: | 2 dead 4 wounded |
Casualties2: | 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]