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    Montevideo (Spanish: Gran Sitio de Montevideo), named as Sitio Grande in Uruguayan historiography, was the siege suffered by the city of Montevideo between...
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    Guerra Grande, which lasted until 1851. The city of Montevideo suffered a siege of eight years between 1843 and 1851, during which it was supplied by sea...
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    sub officers took part during the entire Siege of Manuel Oribe to Montevideo (1843-1851). Federal soldier uniform similar to the Rebajados Battalion Lieutenant...
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    mint (La Casa de Moneda de Montevideo) that produced three copper denominations and a silver peso fuerte or peso del Sitio (aka Montevideo dollar in English)...
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