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Things changed with the opening of the Anglo-Spanish War, and the threat of a British attack upon the viceroyalty.
The viceroy Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú negotiated a pardon with his family, on the condition that he joined the Corps of Blandengues with a hundred men, to form a battalion.
The attack finally came in 1806, when William Beresford invaded Buenos Aires, in the first British invasions of the Río de la Plata.
Although Artigas's unit was tasked with patrolling the frontier with Brazil, he requested to take part in the military expedition that Santiago de Liniers launched from Montevideo to drive the British out of Buenos Aires.
After the liberation of Buenos Aires, he was tasked with returning to Montevideo and informing the governor Pascual Ruiz Huidobro of the result of the battle.
A second British attack aimed to capture Montevideo, which was captured in the Battle of Montevideo.
The British tried to capture Buenos Aires a second time, but were defeated by the local armies, and returned Montevideo to Spanish control as part of the terms of capitulation.
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