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Not to be confused with Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata or Battle of the River Plate.

British invasions of the River Plate
Part of Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)

William Beresford surrenders to Santiago de Liniers (1806)
Date1806–1807
Location
River Plate, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Spanish Empire
(present-day Argentina and Uruguay)
Result Spanish victory[1][2]
Belligerents
British invasions of the River Plate Spain
British invasions of the River Plate United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Rafael de Sobremonte
Santiago de Liniers
Pascual Ruiz Huidobro
Martín de Álzaga
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón		 Home Riggs Popham
William Beresford
John Whitelocke
Samuel Auchmuty
Charles Stirling
George Murray
Strength

First invasion:

  • ~2,500 soldiers

Second invasion:

  • ~2,000 soldiers in Montevideo
  • ~7,000–8,000 soldiers in Buenos Aires

First invasion:

  • ~1,668 soldiers

Second invasion:

  • ~6,000 soldiers in Montevideo
  • ~9,000[1][3]–12,000[4][5] in Buenos Aires
Casualties and losses
First invasion:
205 dead and wounded[6]
Second invasion (Montevideo):
1,500 casualties
Second invasion (Buenos Aires):
600 killed and wounded[1][7]		 First invasion:
157 dead and wounded, 1,300 captured[8]
Second invasion (Montevideo):
600 casualties
Second invasion (Buenos Aires):
311 killed, 208 missing, 679 wounded, 1,600 captured[1][7]

The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in South America – in present-day Argentina and Uruguay. The invasions took place between 1806 and 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars, at a time when Spain was an ally of Napoleonic France. In Argentine historiography, the two successive defeats of the British expeditionary forces are known collectively as the "Reconquista" and the "Defensa", respectively.

  1. ^ a b c d Marley, David (2005). Historic cities of the Americas: an illustrated encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 658. ISBN 978-1576070277. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ Invasiones Inglesas Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "'With the Gurkhas in the Falklands' – A War Journal's Postscript By Mike Seer July 2003". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. ^ The growth and culture of Latin America, Donald Emmet Worcester, Wendell G. Schaeffer, p. 404, Oxford University Press, 1971 [ISBN missing]
  5. ^ Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, Will Kaufman; Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson, p. 833, ABC-CLIO, 2005
  6. ^ Marley, David (2005). Historic cities of the Americas: an illustrated encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 658. ISBN 978-1576070277. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  7. ^ a b Britain's 'forgotten' invasion of Argentina
  8. ^ Marley, David (2005). Historic cities of the Americas: an illustrated encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 658. ISBN 978-1576070277. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

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