Oribe expected Argentine backing to help secure British support because of Britain's earlier assistance to Argentina. In this interpretation, commercial interests instead led Britain to favour Rivera's side. Garibaldi's Italian redshirts joined that side along with other foreign volunteers. The account criticises Garibaldi's control over his men at this stage and links disciplinary problems to difficulties presenting the Colorado cause favourably. It also identifies French and Spanish legionnaires, followed eventually by a British regiment and Brazilian involvement.
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Oribe's expectations and Garibaldi's foreign volunteers
Argentine support did not automatically bring Oribe British backing, while Rivera attracted foreign volunteers with their own disciplinary problems.