Toma de Mercedes

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]

Toma de Mercedes
Part of Uruguayan Civil War

Timoteo Aparicio
DateAugust 25, 1870
Location
Mercedes, Uruguay
Belligerents
Partido Nacional 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

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
  1. Batallas que hicieron historia. El País. 2005.
  2. Revista histórica de Soriano, Números 4-15 (in Spanish). Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de Soriano. 1961.
  3. Historia de Paysandú: diccionario biográfico, Volumen 1. Augusto I. Schulkin. 1958.
  4. El libro de los presidentes uruguayos: de Fructuoso Rivera a Jorge Batlle (1830-2004). Alejandro Giménez Rodríguez. 2004. ISBN 9789974559486.


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