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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.
Efforts by a British expeditionary force (1806–1807) to take Buenos Aires from Spain are known as the Río de la Plata British Invasions. In 1804 Spain aligned with Napoleonic France, only to have its navy devastated at Trafalgar in 1805.
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The British Invasions of the River Plate It is probable that the British invasions of the River Plate would never have taken place had it not been for the determination of Sir Home Popham. He had been exploring the possibilities of carrying out his plan for an expedition to this area for six years. Although
The British invasions of the Río de la Plata were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colonies located around the La Plata Basin. The invasions took place between 1806 and 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars , when Spain was an ally of France .
A map of the then-Portuguese town of Colônia do Santíssimo Sacramento, 1731. Portugal had long desired to secure the east bank of the River Plate ( Río de la Plata) in South America, which it regarded the natural border of Brazil (the Portuguese Overseas Empire 's largest and wealthiest colony). [1] .
The Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata, also known as Paraná War, was a five-year naval blockade imposed by France and the United Kingdom on the Argentine Confederation during the Uruguayan Civil War. [1] It was imposed by the Royal Navy and French Navy in 1845 against the Río de la Plata Basin to support the Colorado Party in ...
In 1806 a British expeditionary force captured Buenos Aires. Over the next eighteen months, Britain was sucked into a costly campaign on the far side of the world. The Spaniards were humbled on the battlefield and Montevideo was taken by storm, but the campaign ended in disaster when 6000 redcoats and riflemen surrendered following a bloody ...
