Recapture of Recife

The Reconquest of Recife was a military engagement between the Portuguese forces under Francisco Barreto and the Dutch forces of General Commander Walter Van Loo. After the Dutch defeats at Guararapes, their surviving men, as well as other garrisons of New Holland, joined in the area of Recife in order to make a last stand. However, after fierce fighting, the Portuguese victoriously entered the city and the remaining Dutch were ousted from Brazil.