Battle of Lagunillas

Battle of Lagunillas
Part of Arauco War
Date November 8, 1557[1] Location Vicinity south of the mouth of the Bio-Bio River Result Spanish Victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire	Mapuche
Commanders and leaders
García Hurtado de Mendoza	Turcupichun[2]
Strength
530 Spanish Cavalry, 200 arquebusiers, 5 artillery pieces [3] 4,000 Indian auxiliaries[4]	8,000 - 12,000 Mapuche [5]
Casualties and losses
2 Spaniards killed and many seriously wounded	300 killed, 150 captured [6]

The Battle of Lagunillas was a battle in the Arauco War on November 8, 1557, between the army of García Hurtado de Mendoza and the Mapuche army near some shallow lakes a league south of the Bio-Bio River.