| Conflict: | Battle of Sauce |
| Partof: | Revolution of the Lances |
| Date: | December 25, 1870 |
| Place: | Uruguay |
| Result: | Victory of Government troops |
| Combatant1: | Partido Nacional |
| Combatant2: | Gobierno Colorado |
| Commander1: | Timoteo Aparicio Anacleto Medina Agustín Urtubey Benjamín Villasboas Belisario Estomba Rafael Lasala Isabelino Canaveris |
| Commander2: | Lorenzo Batlle y Grau José Gregorio Suárez Francisco Caraballo Máximo Santos Máximo Pérez Simón Martinez |
| Units1: | Ejército Blanco |
| Units2: | Ejército Gubernamental |
| Strength1: | 5,000 |
| Strength2: | 5,000 |
Battle of Sauce was a Uruguayan battle between the Blancos army under the command of Timoteo Aparicio, and the Colorado government troops, under Colonel José Gregorio Suárez.[1] It occurred on the banks of the Arroyo del Sauce, Canelones Department, during the Revolution of the Lances.[2]
This bloody battle fought on May 25, 1870 concluded with a victory for the government army of General Suárez, who ordered to mercilessly execute a large number of prisoners of the White Army.[3] Among the government troops was Máximo Santos, future Uruguayan president for the Colorado party.[4] In the ranks of Timoteo Aparicio, toke part prestigious revolutionaries of the Uruguayan National Party, including the veteran Anacleto Medina, and the young man Isabelino Canaveris, a patriot who also participated in the Revolución of 1897.[5]