Toma de Mercedes
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DateAugust 25, 1870
Location
| 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[1] on August 25, 1870, during the Revolution of the Lances in the Banda Oriental.[2]
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]
