Battle of Las Piedras |
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Part of the Spanish American wars of independence |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Jose_Luis_Blanes_-_Batalla_de_las_piedras-Rendicion_de_posadas-boceto.png/300px-Jose_Luis_Blanes_-_Batalla_de_las_piedras-Rendicion_de_posadas-boceto.png) Surrender of Posadas at Las Piedras, by Juan Manuel Blanes |
Date | May 18, 1811 |
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Location | |
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Result |
Revolutionary victory |
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Belligerents |
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Criollos Orientales allies of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata |
Commanders and leaders |
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José Posadas (POW) |
José Gervasio Artigas Manuel Francisco Artigas |
Strength |
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- Official Report: 668
- 600 cavalrymen
- 350 infantrymen
- 64 gunners with 4 pieces
- 2 4 inch cannons
- 2 64 mm mortars
- Acevedo's Estimation: ~1,004
- ~500 infantrymen
- ~450 cavalrymen
- ~54 gunners with 4 pieces
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- Official Report: 1,076
- 600 cavalrymen (250 mounted regiment and 296 gauchos in two squadrons)
- 454 infantrymen (108 militia, 250 from the Patricios' Regiment and 96 Blandengues)
- 20 gunners
- 2 cannons
- Acevedo's Estimation: ~1,770
- ~1300 cavalrymen
- ~430 infantrymen
- ~40 gunners with 4 pieces
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Casualties and losses |
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638
- 97 killed
- 61 wounded
- 480 prisoners
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negligible |