Thursday 8 September 2011

Portuguese warships serving as troop transports at Montevideo according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 15 September 1821

London, 11 September. Letters from Montevideo dated 18 June reported the arrival of the Portuguese frigate Uniao and the corvette Venus both coming from Rio Janeiro to take the 2nd regiment infantry and a squadron cavalry on board and to transport these troops to another destination.