Battle of Sauce (1870)
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| 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 | ||||||
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]
