The Battle of Bacuri was fought in 1643 between a Portuguese raiding party and the Dutch garrison of Lauerstad at a Dutch dock along the Pindaré River in Maranhao, Brazil during the Dutch-Portuguese War. Following the Battle of Porto Pindaré, the Portuguese colony of Baraceira decided on a retaliatory attack on the Dutch colony of Lauerstad on the south bank of the Pindaré, and the Portuguese galleon Santa Teresa, escorted by the caravel Sao Pedro, sailed to the south bank of the Pindaré and sent six Portuguese musketeers to burn the Dutch docks near the village of Bacuri. The Portuguese raiding party came under attack from a much larger Dutch force of approximately 25 soldiers, including pikemen, ruyters, and artillery, and the Portuguese troops were unsuccessful in their attempts to flee to their ships, instead being killed to the last man. The Portuguese ships were forced to withdraw, conceding a minor defeat. However, the establishment of the Portuguese colony of Alto Alegre do Pindaré in 1645 led to the Santa Teresa training additional soldiers to aid in the new town's defense, and these troops would make their way inland to the new colony without Dutch resistance.
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