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First Battle of Guararapes

First Battle of Guararapes
Part of the Insurrection of Pernambuco

Batalha dos Guararapes by Victor Meirelles, 1875–1879
Date19 April 1648
Location
Morro dos Guararapes (present-day Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil)
Result Portuguese victory[1]
Belligerents
 West India Company
 Kingdom of Portugal
Commanders and leaders
S. van Schoppe (WIA) Francisco Barreto
Filipe Camarão
Strength
5,000[2]
5 cannons[1]		 2,200[3]
Casualties and losses
1,000[4]
1 cannon captured		 480:[5]
80 killed
400 wounded

The First Battle of Guararapes took place during the Insurrection of Pernambuco, between Dutch and Portuguese forces in Pernambuco, in a dispute for the dominion of that part of the Portuguese colony of Brazil.

  1. ^ a b Marley 1998, p. 133.
  2. ^ Marley 1998, p. 133: Von Schoppe marches out of Recife with five field pieces and 5,000 men in five regiments commanded by Colonel Brinck, van den Brande, van Elst, Hautyn, and Heerweer.
  3. ^ Garcia 2012, p. 265.
  4. ^ Marley 1998, p. 133: Von Schoppe is wounded and obliged to retire to Recife with 1,000 lost through death, injury or captured.
  5. ^ Marley 1998, p. 133: (...) as opposed to 80 killed and 400 wounded in Barreto's ranks.

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