Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
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Was a Portuguese military campaign during the Argentine War of Independence that resulted in the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental region (Uruguay).
Chronology
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October 1816: The Luso-Brazilian forces of Chagas, aided by the arrival of Abreu, defeated him in what was called the Battle of San Borja, forcing him to retreat to the western bank of Uruguay as well.
June 1819: Battle of Itacurubi. Portuguese forces iccupy San Nicolás and the old jesuite reduciones.
January 1818: Lecor took the city of Maldonado.
August 1816: Hostilities began on August 28, when the vanguard of the army of Carlos Frederico Lecor, under the command of Marshal Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia, occupied the fortress of Santa Teresa.
September 1816: The Luso-Brazilian vanguard, commanded by Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia, occupied the city of Castillos.
January 1817: The following day, Latorre attacked Alegrete, engaging him in the battle of Catalán; after an initial phase favorable to the Orientals, the arrival of Abreu's cavalry delivered victory to the Portuguese.
July 1817: On July 2 Guazurary arrived to help the local militias, defeating the Portuguese in the battle of Apóstoles, forcing them to retreat outside of Misiones.
January 1818: The Portuguese took possession of Montevideo.
April 1819: Argentine forces reached the village of San Nicolás, where they established headquarters.
January 1821: Meeting on July 15, 1821, the Cisplatinian Congress asked three days later for the formal accession of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve to the United Kingdom. The Province Cisplatina was eventually incorporated into the Portuguese kingdom.
November 1818: Almost two years after the start of the invasion of Banda oriental, the Portuguese general finally managed to unite his forces with those of Curado, consolidating his power south of the Río Negro and occupying Colonia del Sacramento, the coastal ports and the entire eastern area. Artigas was left with sole control of the depopulated northern portion of the Banda Oriental.
February 1817: Over a period of two months, Chagas subjected villages on both sides of Uruguay to a regime of terror.
September 1816: Guazurary besieged San Borja.
