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| Battle of India Muerta | |||||||
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| Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves |
 Federal League | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia | Fructuoso Rivera | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Total: 957[1]
| 1,700 cavalry and infantry[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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95:[2] 29 killed 66 wounded |
~600:[3] ~200 killed 350-400 wounded 30 captured | ||||||
The Battle of India Muerta took place between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia against the artiguists led by Fructuoso Rivera in Rocha, present-day Uruguay. The battle lasted for four and a half hours and ended in a Luso-Brazilian victory.[4]