Battle of Lagunillas

Battle of Lagunillas
Part of Arauco War
DateNovember 8, 1557[1]
Location
Vicinity south of the mouth of the Bio-Bio River
Result Spanish Victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Mapuche
Commanders and leaders
García Hurtado de Mendoza Turcupichun[2]
Strength
530 Spanish Cavalry, 200 arquebusiers, 5 artillery pieces [3] 4,000 Indian auxiliaries[4] 8,000 - 12,000 Mapuche [5]
Casualties and losses
2 Spaniards killed and many seriously wounded 300 killed, 150 captured [6]

The Battle of Lagunillas was a battle in the Arauco War on November 8, 1557, between the army of García Hurtado de Mendoza and the Mapuche army near some shallow lakes a league south of the Bio-Bio River.

  1. ^ Efemérides de la Academia de Historia Militar
  2. ^ Diego de Rosales, “Historia General del Reino de Chile”, Flandes Indiano, Tomo II, Capitulo XII, XIII, XIV.
  3. ^ Vivar, Crónica y relación ..., Capítulo CXXXII; Lobera,Historia de Chile, Libro 2 Capítulo III, 600 Spanish soldiers
  4. ^ Arana,Historia general de Chile, Tomo II, Parte II, Capítulo XVII
  5. ^ Vivar, Crónica y relación ..., Capítulo CXXXII, "doce mil indios" ; Marmolejo, Historia... , Capítulo XXV, "ocho mil indios"
  6. ^ Vivar, Crónica y relación ..., Capítulo CXXXII