The Battle of Paso Cuello took place on 19 March 1817 between forces commanded by Carlos Frederico Lecor, at that time Baron of Laguna, and artiguist forces[a], that is, followers of the caudillo José Gervasio Artigas, led by Fructuoso Rivera and Miguel Barreiro at Paso Cuello, a small stream that divides the modern day Uruguayan departments of Canelones and Florida.
Lecor, that had already taken Montevideo by that time, left the city a few days earlier with his forces to attack the oriental encampment at Paso Cuello, where he believed Artigas had made his base.
Notes
- ^ Also referred to as "orientals", from the Spanish demonym orientales, in reference to the inhabitants of the Banda Oriental.
References
Citations
- ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 132.
- ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 141.
- ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 93.
- ^ a b Vidal et al 2017, p. 150.
- ^ a b Vidal et al 2017, p. 147.
- ^ Vidal et al 2017, p. 146.
Bibliography
- Vidal, José; Torena, Daniel; Borra, Luis; López Romanelli, Federico; Nóbile, Oscar; Avilleira, Javier; Pocecco Pérez, Álvaro (2017). Canelones: Historias de la Resistencia Artiguista (in Spanish). ISBN 978-9974-8410-3-1.