Battle of Sauce was a Uruguayan battle between the Blancos army under the command of Timoteo Aparicio, and the Colorado government troops, under Colonel José Gregorio Suárez.[1] It occurred on the banks of the Arroyo del Sauce, Canelones Department, during the Revolution of the Lances.[2]
| Battle of Sauce | |||||||
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| Part of Revolution of the Lances | |||||||
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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 Agustín Urtubey Benjamín Villasboas Belisario Estomba Rafael Lasala Isabelino Canaveris |
Lorenzo Batlle y Grau José Gregorio Suárez Francisco Caraballo Máximo Santos Máximo Pérez Simón Martinez | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Ejército Blanco | Ejército Gubernamental | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
History
editThis bloody battle fought on May 25, 1870 concluded with a victory for the government army of General Suárez, who ordered to mercilessly execute a large number of prisoners of the White Army.[3] Among the government troops was Máximo Santos, future Uruguayan president for the Colorado party.[4]
In the ranks of Timoteo Aparicio, toke part prestigious revolutionaries of the Uruguayan National Party, including the veteran Anacleto Medina, and the young man Isabelino Canaveris, a patriot who also participated in the Revolución of 1897.[5]
References
edit- ^ Batalla del Sauce, 25 de diciembre de 1870. José Luciano Martínez. 1956.
- ^ Crónica general del Uruguay: El Uruguay del siglo XIX. Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 1979. 1979.
- ^ La revolucion oriental de 1870 ... Abdón Arózteguy. 1889.
- ^ General Máximo Santos ante la historia. José Luciano Martínez. 1952.
- ^ El Uruguay. Buenos Aires. 1905.
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