✦ History

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata

September 18, 1845 – August 31, 1850

Result Argentine victory; Arana–Southern and Arana–Lepredour treaties

Britain and France blockaded Rosas's Argentina in the Río de la Plata during the Uruguayan Civil War, ending in treaties favourable to Argentina.

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Battles 1

November 20, 1845
Battle of Vuelta de Obligado Paraná River Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Samuel Inglefield

Key commanders

Argentine Confederation 1

Lucio Norberto Mansilla military commander

July Monarchy 1

Samuel Inglefield military commander

United Kingdom 4

Giuseppe Garibaldi military commander Fructuoso Rivera military commander William Gore Ouseley military commander Samuel Inglefield military commander

National Party (Uruguay) 4

Manuel Oribe military commander Juan Manuel de Rosas military commander Lucio Norberto Mansilla military commander William Brown military commander