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*15px Paraguayan Army *15px Paraguayan Navy | combatant2 = *15px Imperial Army *15px Imperial Navy *15px Argentine Army *15px Uruguayan Army | commander1 = Col. Estigarribia | commander2 = Pedro II Conde d'Eu Bartolomé Mitre Flores | strength1 = | strength2 = | casualties1 = | casualties2 = }} The Siege of Uruguaiana was an engagement in the Paraguayan War that began in late August, 1865, and ended on the 18th of September that year when the Paraguayans were forced to surrender due to low food supplies, despite President López's order to the Paraguayan commander, Colonel Estigarribia, not to do so. After the allied victory at Uruguaiana, Lopéz withdrew his army from Argentina and Brazil. ==Background== The Paraguayan Army had captured Uruguaiana at 5 August 1865, without any resistance.〔Leuchars, Chris. ''To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance'' (2002), Chapter 10.〕 Yet, following their defeat in the Battle of Yatay, the Paraguayans fortified Uruguayana with 8,000 men and an abattis. Col. Estigarribia faced the combined allied armies of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.〔 On July 16, the Brazilian Army reached the border of Rio Grande do Sul and joined with President Mitre's forces to surround Uruguaiana by Sept.〔 The Brazilian Navy held the river with the steamers ''Taquary'', ''Tramandahy'', ''Onze de Junho'', ''Iniciador'', ''Uruguay'', and ''Unido''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Siege of Uruguaiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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