▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁war ▁broke ▁out ▁between ▁Argentina ▁and ▁Brazil . ▁ ▁The ▁Argent ine ▁authorities ▁had ▁neither ▁an ▁experienced ▁adm iral ▁nor ▁a ▁fleet , ▁with ▁all ▁their ▁energ ies ▁being ▁deployed ▁into ▁land ▁campaign s ▁along ▁the ▁borders . ▁The ▁coast ▁seemed ▁invisible , ▁and ▁Brown ▁had ▁long ▁campaign ed ▁for ▁an ▁oper ational ▁fleet ▁but ▁was ▁ignored ▁and ▁label led ▁a ▁ ▁" fore igner " ▁by ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁opposition , ▁which ▁had ▁turned ▁from ▁the ▁" blue ▁sh irt " ▁of ▁the ▁union ▁to ▁the ▁" red ▁sh irt " ▁of ▁the ▁feder ation . ▁Then ▁his ▁chance ▁finally ▁came . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁once ▁again ▁co ax ed ▁from ▁his ▁ret irement ▁by ▁the ▁" cap ▁in ▁hand " ▁opposition ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁port ▁of ▁Buenos ▁Aires . ▁Brown ▁accepted ▁his ▁commission ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁ca ulk ers , ▁he ▁started ▁building ▁and ▁equ ipping ▁a ▁fleet , ▁as ▁best ▁he ▁could . ▁ ▁The ▁Bra z ili ans ▁initi ated ▁operations ▁by ▁block ading ▁Argentina , ▁which , ▁under ▁Brown ' s ▁guidance , ▁impro vised ▁a ▁new ▁naval ▁squad ron ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁took ▁command . ▁Before ▁the ▁battle , ▁Brown ▁said ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁memor able ▁quotes : ▁" Com r ades : ▁confidence ▁in ▁victory , ▁discipline , ▁and ▁three ▁ha ils ▁to ▁the ▁mother land !" ▁and , ▁a ▁few ▁minutes ▁later , ▁" Open ▁fire , ▁the ▁people ▁are ▁watching ▁us !" ▁As ▁a ▁counter