The Battle of Arapey was an encounter between the Luso-Brazilian forces under José de Abreu Mena Barreto and the Artiguist forces led by
José Artigas
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In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
, the independentist caudillo himself, in
Salto, modern-day
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
.
The encounter ended with a decisive victory for the Luso-Brazilian forces.
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Arapey
Termas del Arapey (which means Hot Springs of Arapey) is a resort village in the Salto Department of northwestern Uruguay.
Location
The resort is located on the Río Arapey Grande, a tributary of Río Uruguay, into a road that splits off Route 3 ...
Arapey
Termas del Arapey (which means Hot Springs of Arapey) is a resort village in the Salto Department of northwestern Uruguay.
Location
The resort is located on the Río Arapey Grande, a tributary of Río Uruguay, into a road that splits off Route 3 ...
Arapey
Termas del Arapey (which means Hot Springs of Arapey) is a resort village in the Salto Department of northwestern Uruguay.
Location
The resort is located on the Río Arapey Grande, a tributary of Río Uruguay, into a road that splits off Route 3 ...
1816 in Portugal
1816 in Brazil
1816 in Uruguay
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