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had general Sousa replace
Monteiro when he was wounded. The allies lost colonels Palleja, Aguero, and Martínez. The Brazilians had 630 killed, 2,938 wounded, and 54 missing, the Argentines had 201 killed, 421 wounded, the Uruguayans had 250 casualties, while the Paraguayans had 2,500 casualties.
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led 3,000 men from the 4th
Brazilian Division in an attack on the southern trench at 0500 on 16 July, supported by three Brazilian cavalry regiments. The Paraguayans were led by colonel Elizardo Aquino who was mortally wounded after 16 hours of fighting and four counter-attacks. The Paraguayans
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suffered 2,000 casualties in the loss of the southern trench, while the
Brazilians had 282 men killed, 1,579 wounded and 38 missing, and the Argentines lost 3 killed and 52 wounded
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López had dug two trenches during the night of 13 July, from which he planned on having snipers and artillery fire into the
Brazilian left flank. Brazilian general
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983:, attacked the positions outside the main Argentine camp perimeter. The attack was stopped by dusk due to a grass fire set by the
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Paraguay, Tomo II pp 154 – Colección Andador, Editorial Cántaro – Buenos Aires, Argentina (1970)
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Uruguayan soldiers at the funeral of colonel León de
Pallejas, killed in action at the Battle of Boquerón
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Attack of the 3rd
Division of the 2nd Army Corps of Argentina, under the command of colonel Don
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Charge of the 7th
Brazilian Brigade, colonel Paranhos; wrongful removal of Paraguayan positions
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tried enticing the Allies into attacking his fortifications at
Curupayty and Curuzú along the
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The site of the battlefield in 2013 with (inset) Cándido López's painting of the encounter
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The Brazilians attacked again on 18 July, the flanking movement by general
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1104:"The Battle of Boquerón, episode of the standard-bearer Dantas" by
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On 11 July, 2,500 Paraguayans under the command of general
971:. By June 1866, López had 20,000 soldiers along the front.
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after the Allied forces invaded Paraguay, president
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927:on 18 July 1866, between an allied force of
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21:This article is about the battle of the
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943:. The Spanish-born Uruguayan officer
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1089:" for the Paraguayans) – Picture of
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1020:and a frontal assault by general
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1022:Vitorino José Carneiro Monteiro
1221:History of Ñeembucú Department
1081:, on the Paraguayan trench of
1:
1211:Battles of the Paraguayan War
1206:Battles involving Argentina
951:were killed in the battle.
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1196:Battles involving Paraguay
20:
16:Part of the Paraguayan War
1201:Battles involving Uruguay
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281:
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99:
62:
51:
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31:Battle of Boquerón (1932)
1191:Battles involving Brazil
661:2nd Passage of Curupayty
604:1st Passage of Curupayty
25:. For the battle of the
1018:José Luís Mena Barreto
1000:
975:Battle of Yataytí Corá
965:Francisco Solano López
961:First Battle of Tuyutí
211:Commanders and leaders
998:
282:Casualties and losses
277:3 infantry battalions
1041:was soon to follow.
939:on the other in the
874:Caguijuru–Caraguataí
790:Cordilleras campaign
372:Fort Novo de Coimbra
351:Mato Grosso campaign
435:Corrientes campaign
1005:Guilherme de Sousa
1001:
991:Battle of Boquerón
931:, Brazilians, and
921:Battle of Boquerón
224:Guilherme de Sousa
91:Paraguayan victory
58:Battle of Boquerón
39:Battle of Boquerón
1186:Conflicts in 1866
1083:Boquerón de Piris
1079:Cesáreo Dominguez
916:
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734:Paso de Tebicuarí
721:Pikysyry campaign
454:Rio Grande do Sul
449:San Lorenzo River
361:Marquês de Olinda
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1216:July 1866 events
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1039:Battle of Curuzú
985:Congreve rockets
945:León de Pallejas
935:on one side and
764:Lomas Valentinas
515:Humaitá campaign
486:Paso de Mercedes
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299:2,000 casualties
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949:Elizardo Aquino
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839:Piribebuy River
799:Manduvirá River
594:Hacienda Laguna
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1085:(Battle of "
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981:José E. Díaz
978:
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776:San Fernando
701:
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619:Estero Rojas
589:Arroyo Hondo
563:
559:Yataytí Corá
524:Purutué Bank
401:Fort Miranda
394:
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182:
155:
130:
105:
100:Belligerents
70:16 July 1866
44:Part of the
18:
849:Itapytangua
844:Hondo River
676:Lima Barros
421:2nd Corumbá
367:1st Corumbá
1180:Categories
1148:1901543153
1113:References
1091:F. Fortuny
1024:. General
955:Background
933:Argentines
929:Uruguayans
899:Cerro Corá
889:Cambaceguá
869:Loma Rugua
804:Concepción
749:Dezembrada
702:Rio Grande
692:Poí Island
687:2nd Iasuií
682:1st Iasuií
656:Paso Ipohy
651:2nd Tuyutí
554:1st Tuyutí
549:Paso Cidra
469:Uruguaiana
444:Corrientes
377:Feio River
296:38 missing
292:285 killed
82:, Paraguay
1033:Aftermath
894:Lomaruguá
884:Río Verde
859:Curuguaty
834:Acosta Ñu
829:Piribebuy
769:Angostura
584:Curupayty
476:Riachuelo
459:São Borja
416:Apa River
140:Argentina
27:Chaco War
937:Paraguay
879:Iguatemi
864:Hucuratí
781:Asunción
744:Pikysyry
708:Acayuazá
629:Tatayibá
599:Tuyú Cué
564:Boquerón
395:Anhambaí
384:Dourados
269:Strength
192:Paraguay
80:Ñeembucú
75:Location
904:Miranda
854:Tacuaty
819:Sapukái
814:Tupí-hú
809:Ybytimí
754:Ytororó
698:Barroso
644:Passage
639:Humaitá
624:Perecué
539:Itapirú
506:Jaguarí
501:Pehuajó
389:Nioaque
261:†
241:†
165:Uruguay
1146:
1026:Flores
824:Diarte
739:Surubí
729:Yacaré
672:Cabral
579:Curuzú
574:Palmar
426:Alegre
411:Laguna
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88:Result
29:, see
1087:Sauce
609:Pilar
569:Sauce
496:Yatay
481:Salto
464:Butuí
406:Coxim
288:1,954
274:3,000
1144:ISBN
1037:The
919:The
759:Avay
700:and
674:and
614:Ombú
67:Date
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