page_title: British invasions of the River Plate
section_title: Second invasion
hierarchical_section_title: British invasions of the River Plate / Second invasion
context_page_description: The British invasions of the River Plate were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of areas in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata that were located around the Río de la Plata in South America — in present-day Argentina and Uruguay. The invasions took place between 1806 and 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars, when Spain was an ally of Napoleonic France.
caption: Lieutenant-General John Whitelocke, commander of the British forces in the second invasion.
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