Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Sakamakon yakin basasar Uruguay
ko Babban Yaƙi, wanda ya fuskanci a Uruguay Jam'iyyar Colorado na Fructuoso Rivera tare da fararen fata, wanda abokin kawancen Rosas, Manuel Oribe, ya jagoranci, an samar da shi ne a 1843 Babban Shafin Montevideo. Don taimakawa wajen kare birnin, Janar Díaz Vélez ya kafa a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu na wannan shekarar Legion na Argentina, wanda ya kunshi fiye da 'yan sa-kai dari biyar na Argentina, wadanda jami'ansu suka yi hijira saboda dalilai na siyasa da na tarayya. An gano su ta hanyar launin shuɗi mai launin shuɗi da fari a kan hulunansu. An shirya wasu runduna biyu a cikin birni: Legion Italiya, wanda Giuseppe Garibaldi ya jagoranta, wanda ya ƙunshi mutane ɗari shida da Legion Faransa, wanda Juan Chisóstomo Thiebaut ya jagoranta, wanda ya ƙunshi sojoji dubu bakwai.