Battle of Angol

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Battle of Angol
Part of the Arauco War
Date March 25, 1564[1] Location Vicinity of Los Infantes, Chile 37°45′29.22″S 72°41′56.73″W / 37.7581167°S 72.6990917°W / -37.7581167; -72.6990917 Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire	Mapuche
Commanders and leaders
Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado	Illangulién †
Strength
60 Spanish soldiers (including 12 arqubusiers and a field gun) 500 Indian auxiliaries[2]	4,000 warriors[3]
Casualties and losses
No dead, many wounded[2]	1,000 killed, many more wounded and many captured[2]

The Battle of Angol was fought between the Mapuche and the Spanish Empire on 25 March 1564 as part of Arauco War.

In Los Infantes captain Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado had discovered that the rebels had constructed a pukara close by, establishing a blockade of the city, additionally natives under the toqui Illangulién had chosen an impregnable position in a marsh. A Mapuche detachment located themselves in a third position awaiting reinforcements from their main body at the old position. Seeing that this position was weak the Spanish engaged this position. In the battle the Spanish drove the Mapuche out of their pukara and pursued them down to the river bank and drove them into the river, where they were trapped and 1,000 Mapuches were killed, including the toqui Illanguelén.