Battle of Vacacai

Battle of Vacacai
Part of the Cisplatine War
DateFebruary 13, 1827
Location
Result Inconclusive[a]
Belligerents
 Empire of Brazil Argentina United Provinces
Commanders and leaders
Empire of Brazil Marcelino do Amaral Argentina Juan Lavalle
Strength
270[3][2] 800[3][2]
Casualties and losses
2 killed
3 wounded		 22 killed
  • v
  • t
  • e
Cisplatine War
Land campaign
  • Puntas del Águila
  • Rincón
  • Sarandí
  • Vacacai
  • Umbu
  • Ituzaingó
  • Camacuã
  • Yerbal
  • Padre Filiberto
  • Las Cañas
  • Ibicuí River
Naval campaign
  • Buenos Aires
  • Punta Colares
  • Colonia del Sacramento
  • Nictheroy
  • Imperatriz
  • Banco de Ortiz
  • Los Pozos
  • 1st Quilmes
  • Martín García
  • Juncal
  • Punta de Quilmes
  • Carmen de Patagones
  • Monte Santiago
  • 1st Ensenada
  • San Blas
  • 2nd Ensenada
  • 2nd Quilmes
  • 1st Punta Lara
  • Costa de Castillos
  • Bajíos de Arregui
  • 2nd Punta Lara

The Battle of Vacacai, also known as the Battle of Bacacay or Vacacay, was a small skirmish fought on 13 February 1827 between a small militia cavalry force of the Imperial Brazilian Army and an Argentine detachment in the context of the Cisplatine War.

Battle

Lieutenant Marcelino Ferreira do Amaral, leading a cavalry force of 70 militiamen, surprised an Argentine detachment of 100 men, who fled, leaving two officers and 20 soldiers killed during the shock and the chase that ensued. However, col. Lavalle, with a 700 strong cavalry force, came to help the republicans, to which Lt. Amaral decided to withdraw and join forces with his commander, the Major Gabriel Gomes Lisboa, that only had 200 militiamen under his command. Still unable to fight Lavalle, Lisboa continued the retreat until he met Col. Bento Manuel Ribeiro, head of the brigade to which Lisboa belonged. In this retreat the imperials had two killed and three wounded. Lavalle backed away as soon as he saw Bento Manuel's column.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ It is claimed as a victory by the Argentines.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Ruiz Moreno 2004, pp. 399–400.
  2. ^ a b c d Garcia 2012, p. 116.
  3. ^ a b Donato 1987, p. 517.

Bibliography

  • Donato, Hernâni (1987). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Editora Ibrasa.
  • Garcia, Rodolfo (2012). Obras do Barão do Rio Branco VI: efemérides brasileiras (in Portuguese). Brasília: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão. ISBN 978-85-7631-357-1.
  • Ruiz Moreno, Isidoro J. (2004). Campañas militares argentinas (in Spanish). Vol. I. Buenos Aires: Ed. Emecé. ISBN 950-04-2675-7.

External links

  • Brazilian ephemerides by the Baron of Rio Branco (in Portuguese)
  • Todo Argentina - Batalla de Bacacay (in Spanish)