Battle of Caseros

Battle of Caseros
Battle of Caseros
Part of the Platine War and the Argentine Civil Wars

Painting of the battle Date February 3, 1852

Location Between Caseros and El Palomar, Argentina Result Decisive Allied victory Overthrow of Rosas regime

Belligerents
Ejrcito Grande: Entre Ros Province (Argentina) Corrientes Province (Argentina) Unitarian Party (Argentina) Colorado Party (Uruguay) Empire of Brazil
Argentine Confederation

Commanders and leaders

Justo Jos de Urquiza Bartolom Mitre Manuel Marques de Sousa Juan Manuel de Rosas

Strength
24.000 50 guns 22.000 60 guns

Casualties and losses

600 dead and wounded 1,500 dead and wounded 7.000 prisoners

The Battle of Caseros was fought near the town of Caseros, more precisely between the present-day railway stations of Caseros and Palomar (the actual battlefield is now occupied by the Colegio Militar de la Nacin (National Military College), a military academy) in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on 3 February 1852, between the Army of Buenos Aires commanded by Juan Manuel de Rosas and the Grand Army (Ejrcito Grande) led by Justo Jos de Urquiza. The forces of Urquiza, caudillo and governor of Entre Ros, defeated Rosas, who fled to the United

Battle of Caseros Kingdom. This defeat marked a sharp division in the history of Argentina. As provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation, Urquiza sponsored the creation of the Constitution in 1853, and became the first constitutional President of Argentina in 1854. Rosas had declared war on Brazil in 1851, which led to the signing of a treaty, on 21 November 1851, among the governments of Entre Ros, Corrientes, Uruguay and the Brazilian Empire. In compliance with the treaty, Urquiza led a joint army and crossed Morn creek, positioning his forces in Monte Caseros. The Brazilian Empire contributed with 3,500 troops but the bulk of the Brazilian Army remained out of the battlefield.

The battle
Rosas' forces comprised 10,000 infantry troops, 12,000 cavalrymen and 60 guns. Among his captains were Jernimo Costa, who defended Martn Garca island from the French in 1838; Martiniano Chilavert, a former opponent of Rosas who defected when his fellows allied themselves with foreigners; Hilario Lagos, veteran from the campaign against the Indians of 1833. Due to desertion, especially that of General ngel Pacheco and poor morale, several historians and military analystsWikipedia:Avoid weasel words reckon that for Rosas the battle was lost even before it started. However, his opponent also suffered from desertions like that of the Regimiento Aquino, a regiment composed by soldiers loyal to Rosas, who murdered their captain Pedro Len Aquino and joined the Rosist army. Urquiza's army was 24,000-men strong, among them 3,500 Brazilians and 1,500 Uruguayans, and 50 guns. Only the Brazilians were professional soldiers. Urquiza did not conduct the battle: each chief was free to fight as they saw fit. Urquiza himself Justo Jos de Urquiza led a charge against the enemy left in front of their cavalrymen from Entre Ros. Meanwhile the Brazilian infantry, supported by a Uruguayan brigade and an Argentine cavalry squadron seized the Palomar, a circular building near the right of the Rosist line and used for pigeon breeding, extant to this day. After both flanks collapsed only the center under Chilavert's command continued the fighting, reduced to an artillery duel that lasted until he ran out of ammunition. The whole battle lasted about three hours, after which Rosas was wounded in a hand and fled; he wrote a resignation, and a few hours later he boarded the British frigate HMS Centaur towards exile in Southampton.

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Aftermath
Urquiza's triumph terminated the 20-years term of Rosas as Governor of Buenos Aires and de facto Argentina's ruler. Within a few days, Urquiza's troops entered the city of Buenos Aires without further resistance. However, he revealed himself as a ruthless conqueror: all surviving soldiers from Regimiento Aquino and Chilavert himself were executed without a trial. The President of the Superior Tribunal, Vicente Lpez y Planes, was appointed interim governor.

Sources
Glvez, Manuel (1949). Vida de Juan Manuel de Rosas. Buenos Aires: Editorial Tor. Coordinates: 343610S 583644W [1]

References
[1] http:/ / tools. wmflabs. org/ geohack/ geohack. php?pagename=Battle_of_Caseros& params=34_36_10_S_58_36_44_W_

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File:Caseros.jpg Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Caseros.jpg License: Public Domain Contributors: Austrian writer Alejandro Bernheim and the Italian cartoonist Carlos Penutti. Alejandro Bernheim founded together with the Chilean writer Manuel Bilbao (1827-95) the newspaper "La Repblica" in 1868. IMPORTANT: Even if both were only 18 years old in 1852 (that is, were born in 1834) and had lived up to 100 years old and had died in 1934, even so more than 75 years has passed. File:Flag_of_Entre_Ros.svg Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_Entre_Ros.svg License: unknown Contributors: File:Flag_of_Corrientes_province_in_Argentina.gif Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_Corrientes_province_in_Argentina.gif License: GNU Free Documentation License Contributors: User:ALE!/Flags File:Flag of Unitarian Party (Navy).svg Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_Unitarian_Party_(Navy).svg License: Public Domain Contributors: ALE!, Cycn, Fma12, Guilherme Paula, 1 anonymous edits File:Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_Colorado_Party_(Uruguay).svg License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Contributors: Vectorised by Froztbyte File:Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_the_Argentine_Confederation.svg License: Public Domain Contributors: Juan Manuel de Rosas (17931877), according to La Gazeta website (vector graphics by Guilherme Paula) File:Urquiza.jpg Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Urquiza.jpg License: Public Domain Contributors: Luis de Servi

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