The Battle of Tabocas, also known as the Battle of Mount Tabocas, was fought between the

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and the

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army. The battle took place on Mount Tabocas, in the Hereditary

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, on 3 August 1645. It was won by the Portuguese forces. The battle was the first major victory in the nine-year period of war that would lead to the retreat of the Dutch from

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References

*Lourenço, Paula.''Battles of Portuguese History - Defence of the Overseas. - Volume X.'' (2006) *David Marley, ''Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World, 1492 to the present'' (1998) Tabocas Tabocas Tabocas Tabocas Tabocas Portuguese colonization of the Americas 1640s in Brazil 1645 in South America {{Brazil-mil-stub