William Brown: An irish seaman in the River Plate (To the navies of Ireland and Argentina)

Donación (CN Urrutia)

(Curso NCC 2011)

Introduction.-

I. From Foxford to Buenos Aires.-

II. A strategy for the River Plate.-

III. Siege, blockade and fall of Montevideo.-

IV. Privateer war.-

V. Brown and Bouchard in the Pacífico.-

VI. Tribulations and despair.-

VII. Brown's lawsuits.-

VIII. The uprising in the Banda Oriental and the War with Brazil.-

IX. The naval strategy of the conflict.-

X. The masters of the River.-

XI. Time of triumphs.-

XII. Stagnation and peace.-

XIII. Deputy governor of the Province of Buenos Aires.-

XIV. The internationalisation of domestic conflict.-

XV. War between brothers.-

XVI. Brown and Garibaldi.-

XVII. Foreign powers come on stage.-

XVIII. The anglo-french intervention.-

XIX. Last years.-

Conclusions.-