Battle of Buceo

When

17 May 1814

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

34.91° S, 56.19° W

Description

naval battle which took place on 14–17 May 1814, during the Argentine War of Independence

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1814 naval battle of the Argentine War of Independence

The Battle of Buceo was a decisive naval battle which took place on 14–17 May 1814, during the Argentine War of Independence between an Argentine fleet under Irish-born naval commander William Brown and a Spanish fleet under Admiral Sierra off the coast of Montevideo, in today's Uruguay.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Argentine War of Independence – Battle of Buceo ends in the burning of five Spanish ships and capture of two”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille navale du port del Buceo entre Argentins et Espagnol pendant la guerre d'indépendance de l'Uruguay”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la escuadra argentina al mando del Almirante Brown, triunfa sobre la flota española en el combate de Montevideo cerrando la Campaña Naval de 1814 y decidiendo…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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