Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1838, Umambo hweFrance hwakatanga kuvhara ngarava dzegungwa pachiteshi chengarava cheBuenos Aires, kutsigira Peru<unk>Bolivian Confederation, iyo yakanga yazivisa Hondo yeConfederation pamusoro peArgentina Confederation. Vasingakwanisi kutumira mauto epanyika, France yakatsvaka masimba akabatana kuti arwe naJuan Manuel de Rosas - gavhuna weArgentina Confederation, nokuda kwavo. Nokuda kwechinangwa ichi vakabetsera Fructuoso Rivera kupidigura purezidhendi weUruguay Manuel Oribe, uyo akanga achigara muukama hwakanaka naRosas. Oribe akaendeswa kuBuenos Aires uye Rivera akatora simba muna October 1838. Rosas haana kuziva Rivera semutungamiri wepamutemo, uye akatsvaka kudzorera Oribe musimba. Rivera naJuan Lavalle vakagadzirira mauto kuti arwise Buenos Aires. Mauto eBritain neFrance akapindira, achitanga hondo yeGermany.
Hondo yevagari vomuUruguay, kana kuti "Guerra Grande" (Hondo Huru).