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| | Justo Jose de Urquiza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Urquiza, on 1 May, issued a manifesto, calling upon the nation to throw off the yoke of the dictator, and on the 29th of that month he concluded, as governor of Entre Rios, an offensive and defensive alliance with Brazil and Uruguay against Rosas. |
 | | He passed Uruguay river in June with 4,000 men, captured Paysandu, and, without awaiting Brazilian re-enforcements, marched against Oribe, who was still besieging Montevideo. |
 | | The whole country rose to join Urquiza, and Oribe, seeing his cause lost, capitulated on 8 October Re-enforced by the Uruguayan and Brazilian armies, and protected by the Brazilian fleet, Urquiza repassed the Uruguay and Parana, and, on 12 January, 1852, began his march with an army of 30,000 men against Rosas. |
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