Battle of Los Pozos

When

11 Jun 1826

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

34.88° S, 56.71° W

Description

1826 Cisplatine War naval battle

Naval

yes

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1826 Cisplatine War naval battle

The Battle of Los Pozos took place on 11 June 1826 in the Río de la Plata, off Buenos Aires. The larger Brazilian fleet attempted to defeat the Argentine fleet, which had been raiding shipping around Montevideo and attacking Brazilian warships in isolated engagements. The battle was indecisive.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el Río de la Plata, el almirante argentino‑irlandés Guillermo Brown, al mando de cuatro buques”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page