Aranha and Flores da Cunha led an attack on the military headquarters in the state alongside 50 men, capturing the headquarters and its commander. João Alberto led a movement with members of the Brigada that successfully captured an arms store on the Menino Deus hill. On October 8, the Ministry of War continued to report the military forces in Rio Grande do Sul we're still loyal to the government. In reality, however, the revolutionaries controlled the entire state by October 10. At São Borja, a small resistance was formed, but the besieged regiment fled across the River Uruguay to Argentina.