 La Mañana de Asencio, portrait by Carlos María Herrera. | |
| Date | February 28, 1811 |
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| Location | Mercedes and Santo Domingo de Soriano |
| Also known as | Admirable alarm |
| Participants | Uruguayan patriots |
| Outcome | Begin of the Uruguayan theater of the Spanish American wars of independence |
The Cry of Asencio (Spanish: Grito de Asencio) or Admirable alarm (Spanish: Admirable alarma) was an 1811 pronunciamiento that took place at the Banda Oriental (modern Uruguay) against the Spanish rule in Montevideo. Made in support of Buenos Aires, which had already ousted the viceroy and established a local government during the May Revolution, it is considered the beginning of the Oriental revolution.