title: Toma de Mercedes
text: # Toma de Mercedes
  
  Toma de Mercedes was the takeover of the city of Mercedes, Uruguay by the Ejército Blanco under the command of Timoteo Aparicio on August 25, 1870, during the Revolution of the Lances in the Banda Oriental.
  
  Prominent Blancos officers including Anacleto Medina and Gerónimo Amilivia served in the revolutionary army. Among the leaders of the Colorado party who took part in the defense of the city was Juan Idiarte Borda, future Uruguayan president.
  
  