# Surrender at Uruguaiana (18 September 1865)

URL: https://allhistories.com/brazil/timeline/1865-surrender-at-uruguaiana
Location: Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul
Themes: Treaty

Some 5,500 Paraguayan troops under Colonel Antonio de la Cruz Estigarribia, who had invaded Rio Grande do Sul, surrender at Uruguaiana after being besieged by allied forces. Pedro II, who had travelled to the front together with the presidents of Argentina and Uruguay, witnesses the capitulation. The allies then prepare to carry the war into Paraguay itself.

## Why it matters
The surrender ended Paraguay's offensive phase and shifted the remainder of the war onto Paraguayan territory.

Ruler at the Time: [Pedro II](https://allhistories.com/brazil/rulers/pedro-ii)

President of the Council of Ministers: Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (Liberal)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Siege of Uruguaiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Uruguaiana)
- [Wikipedia — Second Reign (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Brazil)