| 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 | |||||
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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 on August 25, 1870, during the Revolution of the Lances in the Banda Oriental.
Prominent Blancos officers including Anacleto Medina and Gerónimo Amilivia served in the revolutionary army. Among the leaders of the Colorado party who took part in the defense of the city was Juan Idiarte Borda, future Uruguayan president.
References
- 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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