Battle of Sauce (1816)

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{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Battle of Sauce

| partof = the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental

| image =

| caption =

| date = 8 December 1816

| place = Arroyo Sauce, Uruguay

| result = Federal League victory

| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg}} United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Artigas.svg}} Federal League

| commander1 = Marshal Pinto de Araújo Correia

| commander2 = Pedro Gutierrez

| strength1 = 2,000 men

| strength2 = Unknown

| casualties1 = 150 men

| casualties2 = Unknown

| campaignbox = {{Luso-Brazilian invasion}}

}}

The Battle of Sauce of 1816[http://www.lavozdesola.com.ar/pop_biogr_sola_yaben.htm Gobernador Juan Leon Sola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929231428/http://www.lavozdesola.com.ar/pop_biogr_sola_yaben.htm |date=29 September 2011 }} (biography in Spanish) stated year of battle: 1815 - Translation: From 1815 to 1817 he joined the ranks of famous Entrerian leader D. José Eusebio Hereñú and contributed to the defeat of Colonel Baron Holmberg at the Battle of Sauce, in 1815, during which he was promoted by his chief to lieutenant colonel on the battlefield.[http://www.uv.es/ivorra/Historia/SXIX/1816.htm La Independencia de Sudamérica I] (in Spanish) stated date of battle: 8 December 1816 - Translation: Meanwhile (8 December 1816), the army of Artigas attacked by the Portuguese army and put it on the run in the Battle of the Sauce.[http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/viewtext/4751144?op=t&n=41 Arreguine, Víctor. Narraciones nacionales :Artigas, Rivera. Montevideo : Vázquez Cores, Dornaleche y Reyes, 1890. p. 39] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329074905/http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/viewtext/4751144?op=t&n=41 |date=29 March 2012 }} Harvard University Library. - Translation: General Rivera himself sent the Oriental cavalry to the battle of Sauce, in the vicinity of Maldonado, where the Portuguese lost a regiment line and two squads of militias, from which 50 men and the head of the division narrowly escaped. All the others died or were imprisoned, including 3 chiefs, 34 officers and soldiers as 100 individuals. took place between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Pinto de Araújo Correia in Arroyo Oriental, modern-day Uruguay. The engagement resulted of the encounter between the Luso-Brazilian forces that had previously defeated the men of Fructuoso Rivera.

The orientals, led by Artiguist commander Pedro Gutierrez, attack by surprise and caused the Luso-Brazilian army to retreat, leaving 150 soldiers dead on the battlefield.