Battle of Pablo Pérez

Overview

The Battle of Pablo Perez was an encounter between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Bernardo da Silveira and the Artiguist forces of Fernando Otorgués in Cerro Largo, modern-day Uruguay. The encounter ended with a victory for the Federal League.

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Significance

The Battle of Pablo Pérez was an engagement in Cerro Largo between a Luso-Brazilian force under Bernardo da Silveira and Artiguist forces under Fernando Otorgués. The encounter ended in a victory for the Federal League, representing a check on Portuguese-Brazilian advances into the Banda Oriental during the broader conquest campaign of 1816–1820. While the battle's wider operational consequences are not fully recorded, a Luso-Brazilian force of some 2,000 engaged and was defeated, demonstrating that Artiguist resistance under Otorgués remained capable of contesting territory in the eastern interior of the region.

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