Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1864, an nada José Luís a matsayin kwamandan rukunin na 2 a cikin babban rundunar sojan Brazil, wanda a lokacin ake kira "Sojojin Kudu" kuma kawunsa Field Marshal João Propício Mena Barreto (daga baya Baron na São Gabriel) ya jagoranci. Sojojin Kudu sun mamaye Uruguay a ranar 1 ga Disamba. José Luís ya shiga cikin kewaye
na garin Uruguayan na Paysandú, wanda ya fadi a ranar 2 ga Janairu, 1865. Sojojin Brazil da kawancen Colorados sun kewaye babban birnin Uruguay, Montevideo. Kafin a kai wa birnin hari, Blancos sun mika wuya, suka kawo ƙarshen yaƙin.