Battle of Santa Ana (1816)

Battle of Santa Ana
	Part of Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date	1816
Location	Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Result	Uruguyan victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Banda Oriental
Commanders and leaders
Alexandre Queirós	General Sotelo
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
60 men killed	Unknown

The Battle of Santa Ana was a battle between the Portuguese forces under Alejandro Queiró in Rio Grande do Sul, modern-day Brazil. After the Portuguese attack, Uruguyan rebel leader José Artigas attempted to take the to Portugal itself by invading then Portuguese Brazil. The Battle took 3 hours and ended with a Portuguese defeat.

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