Show STORIES ES IN I STAMPS l-A l AP iVi w L-w By fly B I 1 I. S S. S Klein lc i J I Pr J P PT OF F URUGUAY V t 0 i II I HE government at Buenos Bueno BuenosAires Buenos BuenosAires THE Aires in 1726 sent seven fim m across the river Plata to t found the city o or of Montevideo la ter capital of Uruguay Fro Fron among these settlers arose J 1 Jos Gervasio Arti Artigas as powerful intro intrepid pid leader of a ragged people who were continually being oppress oppressed by the Spanish and Portuguese When revolt struck Sou America in 1810 Artigas then 4 6 46 led an army a against Montevideo headquarters of the Spanish gov goy cmor Everywhere his men acclaimed him and his ar increased in size but when thi th the Portuguese came to help the Spa Span SpanIsh Ish sh rout the rebels Artigas fled t S Then began a grand exodus o 0 ol men women and childr children under Arti Artigas as across the river to Argentina where for tor fly five fi years he ruled as their protector When the Portuguese turn against the Spanish they open opened the way for or Arti Artigas Artigas' as' as return B Bui his lieutenants betrayed him hi h. people and nd his army were po pov stricken erty and the Portuguese troops lg again ln at I tacked him Too 0 J i weak and f too oo old to to I resist he fled d to I where he Paraguay died at the theof tie tieI t I lg of 83 i NEA 1335 Service JOB NEXT Who Vh brought neW m W lit Ills Into Turkey |