of Montevideo to the westerners. The republican naval victory off Juncal was rapidly followed on land by Ituzaingó (20 Feb) and Carmen de Patagones (28 February). After this, the conflict ground to a halt, as the Brazilian Empire had been defeated in various fronts while Argentina was incapable of taking advantage of the situation given that the naval blockade still persisted, especially after the Battle of Monte Santiago which almost fully destroyed the navy of the United Provinces of the River Plate, and also given that Montevideo and Colonia, the two largest cities in the Banda Oriental, were still under control by the Empire of Brazil. As the British military historian Brian Vale put it, "to a navy which consisted of 69 warships and 22 packet boat and transport vessels, manned by 10600 officers and men, the loss of [...] its smallest armed vessels made little difference to the ultimate balance of power". "[...] Juncal had done little to push the Empire in the direction of peace. Now at Monte Santiago, two of Argentina's precious brigs-of-war had been destroyed and the cream of its Navy roundly defeated. The Brazilian Navy's overwhelming superiority at sea had been reasserted in a way which neither William Brown's audacity or Ramsay's newly purchased frigates could seriously challenge". This situation would continue until the Preliminary Peace Convention, by which Oriental Province became the independent Eastern State of Uruguay. References Notes Bibliography Carranza, Ángel Justiniano, Campañas Navales de la República Argentina, Volumen IV (Notas Complementarias a Tomos 3 y 4, 2° Edición, Secretaria de Estado de Marina, Buenos Aires, 1962 Arguindeguy, Pablo E. CL, y Rodríguez, Horacio CL; Buques de la Armada Argentina 1810-1852 sus commandos y operaciones, Buenos Aires, Instituto Nacional Browniano, 1999 Vale, Brian, Una guerra entre ingleses, Instituto De Publicaciones Navales, 2005, Toscano, Jorge, Victoria Argentina en el Juncal, Boletín del Centro Naval N° 815, 2006 Castagnin, Daniel Ítalo, Visión estratégica del teatro de operaciones platense (1814–1828), Revista del Mar N° 162, Instituto Nacional Browniano, 2007 External links Ships of the United Provinces of the River Plate Historical Handbook of World Navies Ships of War Article on the foreign origin of sailors involved in the Argentina-Brazil War Official site of the Argentine Navy Official site of Brazilian Navy Conflicts in 1827 Juncal 1827 in Brazil February 1827 events 1827 in Argentina