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| Toma de Mercedes | |||||
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| Part of Uruguayan Civil War | |||||
 Timoteo Aparicio | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
.svg){kind=small} Partido Nacional | .svg){kind=small} Gobierno Colorado | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Timoteo Aparicio Anacleto Medina Gerónimo Amilivia Isabelino Canaveris | Lorenzo Batlle y Grau Juan Idiarte Borda Pablo Galarza Carlos Gaudencio | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| Ejército Blanco | Ejército Gubernamental | ||||
Toma de Mercedes was the takeover of the city of Mercedes, Uruguay by the Ejército Blanco under the command of Timoteo Aparicio[1] on August 25, 1870, during the Revolution of the Lances in the Banda Oriental.[2]
Prominent Blancos officers including Anacleto Medina and Gerónimo Amilivia served in the revolutionary army.[3] Among the leaders of the Colorado party who took part in the defense of the city was Juan Idiarte Borda, future Uruguayan president.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Batallas que hicieron historia. El País. 2005.
- ^ Revista histórica de Soriano, Números 4-15 (in Spanish). Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de Soriano. 1961.
- ^ Historia de Paysandú: diccionario biográfico, Volumen 1. Augusto I. Schulkin. 1958.
- ^ El libro de los presidentes uruguayos: de Fructuoso Rivera a Jorge Batlle (1830-2004). Alejandro Giménez Rodríguez. 2004. ISBN 9789974559486.
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