Battle of Sauce (1816)

Battle of Sauce
	Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date	8 December 1816
Location	Arroyo Sauce, Uruguay
Result	Federal League victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Federal League
Commanders and leaders
Marshal Pinto de Araújo Correia	Pedro Gutierrez
Strength
2000 men	Unknown
Casualties and losses
150 men	Unknown

The Battle of Sauce of 1816^[1]^[2]^[3] took place between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Pinto de Araújo Correia in Arroyo Oriental, modern-day Uruguay. The engagement resulted of the encounter between the Luso-Brazilian forces that had previously defeated the men of Fructuoso Rivera.

The orientals, led by Artiguist commander Pedro Gutierrez, attack by surprise and caused the Luso-Brazilian army to retreat, leaving 150 soldiers dead on the battlefield.

^ Gobernador Juan Leon Sola Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (biography in Spanish) stated year of battle: 1815 - Translation: From 1815 to 1817 he joined the ranks of famous Entrerian leader D. José Eusebio Hereñú and contributed to the defeat of Colonel Baron Holmberg at the Battle of Sauce, in 1815, during which he was promoted by his chief to lieutenant colonel on the battlefield.
^ La Independencia de Sudamérica I (in Spanish) stated date of battle: 8 December 1816 - Translation: Meanwhile (8 December 1816), the army of Artigas attacked by the Portuguese army and put it on the run in the Battle of the Sauce.
^ Arreguine, Víctor. Narraciones nacionales :Artigas, Rivera. Montevideo : Vázquez Cores, Dornaleche y Reyes, 1890. p. 39 Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Harvard University Library. - Translation: General Rivera himself sent the Oriental cavalry to the battle of Sauce, in the vicinity of Maldonado, where the Portuguese lost a regiment line and two squads of militias, from which 50 men and the head of the division narrowly escaped. All the others died or were imprisoned, including 3 chiefs, 34 officers and soldiers as 100 individuals.

[1] Gobernador Juan Leon Sola Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (biography in Spanish) stated year of battle: 1815 - Translation: From 1815 to 1817 he joined the ranks of famous Entrerian leader D. José Eusebio Hereñú and contributed to the defeat of Colonel Baron Holmberg at the Battle of Sauce, in 1815, during which he was promoted by his chief to lieutenant colonel on the battlefield.

[2] La Independencia de Sudamérica I (in Spanish) stated date of battle: 8 December 1816 - Translation: Meanwhile (8 December 1816), the army of Artigas attacked by the Portuguese army and put it on the run in the Battle of the Sauce.

[3] Arreguine, Víctor. Narraciones nacionales :Artigas, Rivera. Montevideo : Vázquez Cores, Dornaleche y Reyes, 1890. p. 39 Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Harvard University Library. - Translation: General Rivera himself sent the Oriental cavalry to the battle of Sauce, in the vicinity of Maldonado, where the Portuguese lost a regiment line and two squads of militias, from which 50 men and the head of the division narrowly escaped. All the others died or were imprisoned, including 3 chiefs, 34 officers and soldiers as 100 individuals.

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