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Battle of Montevideo

Battle of Montevideo was a siege conducted on 16 January 1807 at Montevideo, in what is now Uruguay; it lasted 18 days. It was part of the Anglo-Spanish War, which ran from 1796 to 1808. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 5,000.

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Detalle de la obra "Asalto de los Ingleses a la brecha de la Ciudadela" del artista E. F. Burney. Toma de la Ciudad de Montevideo el 3 de febrero de 1807, durante las Invasiones Inglesas.
Detalle de la obra "Asalto de los Ingleses a la brecha de la Ciudadela" del artista E. F. Burney. Toma de la Ciudad de Montevideo el 3 de febrero de 1807, durante las Invasiones Inglesas.. E. F. Burney (1760-1848), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought16 January 1807lasted 18 days
WhereMontevideo, Uruguay34.910S, 56.203W
OutcomeBritish victory
BelligerentsUnited KingdomagainstSpain
Casualties and losses150 killed; 450 woundedand500 killed; 1,000 wounded; 2,000 captured
Part ofAnglo-Spanish War1796 to 1808

Where it sits in the Anglo-Spanish War

Action of 13 October 1796, 1796Action of 19 December 1796, 1796Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797Action of 26 April 1797, 1797Action of 19 January 1799, 1799Action of 16 October 1799, 1799Cutting out of the Hermione, 1799Battle of Montevideo, 1807Battle of Cardal, 1807Battle of Colonia del Sacramento, 1807Action of 2 June 1807, 180717961807Battle of Montevideo, 1807
11 placed engagements of the Anglo-Spanish War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date16 January 1807
to 3 February 1807
PlaceMontevideo, Uruguay
34.910S, 56.203W
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength6,0005,000
Casualties and losses150 killed; 450 wounded500 killed; 1,000 wounded; 2,000 captured
Commanders
  • Pascual Ruiz Huidobro
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 1807 and 1843.

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Elsewhere in 1807

Battle of Montevideo is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 32 in present-day Uruguay.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871779, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Montevideo (1807), revision 1370450404, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.