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Battle of San Carlos (1872)
The Battle of San Carlos was fought on 8 March 1872 near the fort of San Carlos, in present-day San Carlos de Bolívar, Buenos Aires Province. An Argentine army with allied indigenous warriors under Cipriano Catriel defeated the forces of the Mapuche leader Calfucurá. The defeat broke the power of Calfucurá's Salinas Grandes confederation, and he died the following year.
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