campaign, nineteenth century

Uruguay campaign

Name: Uruguay campaign
Location: Oriental State of Uruguay, Uruguay

Uruguay campaign was a campaign fought in 1851 at Oriental State of Uruguay, in what is now Uruguay. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Oriental State of Uruguay. It was part of the Platine War, which ran from 1851 to 1852. The recorded result: Allied victory; Brazilian Occupation of Uruguay; Surrender of Manuel Oribe. Recorded strength: 31.200 against 8.500.

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Fought1851

WhereOriental State of Uruguay, Uruguay33.000S, 56.000W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAllied victory; Brazilian Occupation of Uruguay; Surrender of Manuel Oribe

BelligerentsEmpire of Brazil; Gobierno de la Defensa; Entre RíosagainstGobierno del Cerrito

Part ofPlatine War1851 to 1852

Record

Date	1851 (year precision) to 1851
Place	Oriental State of Uruguay, Uruguay 33.000S, 56.000W
Kind	Campaign, nineteenth century
Strength	31.200	8.500
Commanders	Luis Alves de Lima e Silva David Canabarro Bento Manuel Ribeiro Antônio de Sousa Neto João Frederico Caldwell José Fernandes dos Santos Pereira	Manuel Oribe Timoteo Aparicio Servando Gómez Ignacio Oribe

Placed at Oriental State of Uruguay; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Sarandí 1825, 79 km S
Battle of Paso Cuello 1817, 155 km S
Battle of Rincón 1825, 193 km W
Battle of India Muerta 1816, 199 km SE
Battle of Cerrito 1812, 207 km S

In the same war

After: Battle of the Tonelero Pass 17 December 1851

Elsewhere in 1851

Uruguay campaign is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 34 in present-day Uruguay.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q30936714, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Uruguay campaign, revision 1382864484, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.