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{{Short description|Revolution in Argentina}}
{{Infobox military conflict
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* Alem was proclaimed president in Rosario.
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| commander1 = {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Pellegrini]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Julio Argentino Roca]]
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The rebellion in [[Buenos Aires Province]], led by Yrigoyen himself, was the largest and best-organized.<ref>Cabral, 538</ref> It began simultaneously in 82 cities, at dawn on July 30. The radical army ended up with 8,000 well-armed men,<ref>Cabral, 540</ref> under the direct command of [[Marcelo T. de Alvear]] at first and Martin Yrigoyen later. Their headquarters was in [[Temperley]], in the vicinity of the city of [[Buenos Aires]]. The revolution triumphed everywhere in the province. On August 8 they took the capital and installed as interim governor [[Juan Carlos Belgrano]].
Soon after, however, they made several strategic errors. First, del Valle (supported by Yrigoyen) refused to depose Sáenz Peña in a coup, as demanded by Alem and most of the other radical leaders. He proposed instead a plan for free elections which was approved by the [[Argentine Senate|Senate]] but defeated in the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]]. Second, Yrigoyen freed
Third, del Valle left the [[Casa Rosada]] for Temperley, to be present at the surrender of arms. On August 11,
On August
==Second phase: August 14–September==
{{See also|Battle of El Espinillo}}
On August 14, 1893, two days after the resignation of Aristóbulo del Valle, an uprising in [[Corrientes Province]] ousted the governor there. Alem, considering the revolution far from defeated, and anticipating a massive uprising, decided to start out from [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]]. Yrigoyen, however, felt this movement was not well-grounded and denied the support of the Radical army, a move the Radical remnant considered a betrayal.
The Alem-led uprising was poorly conceived and poorly organized. On September 7, radical commander Bello revolted in [[Tucumán Province]] and imposed a revolutionary government under Eugenio Mendez. On September 24, Candioti returned to Santa Fe at the head of a combined army of regulars and irregulars. The national government decided to respond firmly and sent a powerful army under Pelligrini, who obtained the surrender of the revolutionary on September 25. Alem arrived the same day in Rosario, having hidden in a cargo ship, to great acclaim, with a popular assembly declaring him president of the nation and an army of 6,000 being raised. On September 26, the crew of the [[El Plata-class monitor|''El Plata''-class monitor]] ''[[ARA Los Andes]]'', en route from [[Tigre, Buenos Aires Province|Tigre]] to Santa Fe with arms to support the government troops, mutinied, led by frigate lieutenant Gerardo Valotta. Valotta sailed the ship to Rosario and gave the arms to the insurrectionist army instead.
[[Manuel José García Mansilla|Manuel García Mansilla]], commanding the torpedo ship [[ARA Espora (1890)|ARA ''Espora'']], engaged the ''Los Andes'' in the Battle of El Espinillo on September 29, on the [[Paraná River]] north of Rosario. The riverine battleship [[ARA Independencia (1891)|ARA ''Independencia'']] under the command of Edelmiro Correa joined the battle, soon
Roca assumed command of the army at Rosario, threatened to bombard the city unless the rebels surrendered. Alem fled, with the remaining rebels surrendering to Garcia Mansilla and Correa, effectively putting an end to the Revolution.
Alem was captured on October 1 and imprisoned for six months. He stood in the 1894 legislative elections, becoming national deputy in 1895, but committed suicide the following July.
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[[Category:Conflicts in Argentina]]
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