Battle of Miserere
Battle of Miserere | |||||||
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Part of the Napoleonic Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spain | United Kingdom | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Whitelocke Robert Craufurd Denis Pack John Levison Gower John Squire | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Regimiento Fijo de Buenos Aires Tercio de Vizcaínos Batallón de Arribeños Tercio de Miñones de Cataluña Cuerpo de Blandengues.[1] |
95th Rifle Regiment 36th Regiment of Foot | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1300 militiamen | 900 soldiers | ||||||
Battle of Miserere occurred during the second
Santiago de Liniers.[2] The confrontation took place on 2 July 1807 in the current Miserere square, Balvanera neighborhood, city of Buenos Aires.[3]
References
- ^ Documentos del archivo de Pueyrredón ... Buenos Aires (Argentina). Museo Mitre. 1912.
- ^ Historia de la Argentina. Vicente D. Sierra. 1960.
- ^ Miserere: ignorado epónimo de una plaza principal. Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. 1963.