Uruguayan War
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Was a civil war fought between Uruguay's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party, supported by Argentina.
Chronology
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October 1864: In 1864, the Blancos, led by General Timoteo Aparicio, invaded Uruguay's Cerro Largo Department from the Brazilian town of Jaguarão. This incursion was part of the ongoing struggle between the Blancos and Colorados for control of Uruguay.
October 1864: A Brazilian brigade entered this capital of Cerro Largo unopposed.
October 1864: After handing over control of Melo to the Uruguayan Colorados, the Brazilians withdrew.
January 1865: On 1 January 1865, one brigade (composed of two infantry battalions and one artillery battalion) with 1,700 men from the Brazilian province of Rio de Janeiro disembarked and occupied the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos.
January 1865: Siege of Paysandú.
January 1865: João Propício Mena Barreto sailed from Fray Bentos on 14 January with the Brazilian infantry, bound for a landing near the mouth of the Santa Lucía River near Montevideo. On the way, he occupied the Uruguayan town of Colonia del Sacramento, garrisoning it with 50 soldiers.
February 1865: With the Italian resident minister Raffaele Ulisse Barbolani serving as intermediary, an agreement was reached. Flores and Manuel Herrera y Obes (representing Villalba's government) signed a peace accord on 20 February at the Villa de la Unión. A general amnesty was granted to both Blancos and Colorados.
October 1864: Near the Brazilian town of Jaguarão, the Brazilian army invaded Uruguay's Cerro Largo Department.
November 1864: Salto is besieged by Brazil and Colorados.
January 1865: Brazil and the Colorados besieged the Uruguayan capital.
