Barbacena could not march on Buenos Aires, as he had planned, but with no strategic gain for either side. Aftermath The war went on for one more year with inconclusive frays on land between small groups of men on each side. The Empire of Brazil achieved naval dominance with the battle of Monte Santiago shortly after the republican triumph in Ituzaingó. On the ground, the cities of Montevideo and Colonia del Sacramento remained under the control of Brazil. Therefore, also the actions by the Navies played a role in the outcome of the conflict. Speaking about it, José de San Martín was very clear about that. He said to Tomás Guido in July 1827: Among the trophies and equipment captured by the Argentinians, there was the partiture of a march (allegedly written by Brazilian emperor Pedro I, himself an amateur composer), and intended to be used by the victorious Brazilian troops when entering Buenos Aires as conquerors. The march was adopted by the Argentinian Army and today, named "Ituzaingó", is used at military ceremonies to hail the national flag and the President. Eventually, in 1828 a peace treaty was signed between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces that granted independence to the Brazilian Cisplatina province (present-day Uruguay). Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges referenced the battle in his 1942 short story Funes the Memorious. References Citations Bibliography Barroso, Gustavo (2000). História Militar do Brasil . Rio de Janeiro: Biblioteca do Exército. Carneiro, David (1946). História da Guerra Cisplatina . São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional. Duarte, Paulo de Q (1985). Lecor e a Cisplatina 1816-1828. v. 2. . Rio de Janeiro: Biblioteca do Exército. Scheina, Robert L (2003). Latin America's Wars, Volume I: The Age of the Caudillo, 1791-1899. Potomac Books Inc. Vale, Brian (2000). A War Betwixt Englishmen: Brazil Against Argentina on the River Plate. 1825-1830. London: I. B. Tauris. External links Page 6 onwards contains the narratives of the battle by the commanders on both sides Ten years in Brazil, a firsthand account of the battle by the German mercenary Carl Seidler, page 95 onwards Memoirs, by José Maria Paz, who fought on the side of the United Provinces Brazilian ephemerides, in Portuguese, by the Baron of Rio Branco, page 158 onwards, it contains third party information too La Gazeta. Batalla de Ituzaingó. Conflicts in 1827 Ituzaingo Ituzaingo Battles of the Cisplatine War History of Rio Grande do