Battle for Colônia Militar dos Dourados

When

29 Dec 1864

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

22.22° S, 54.81° W

Description

1864 attack by Paraguayan soldiers in Brazil

Placed at the town its title names, Dourados.

1864 attack by Paraguayan soldiers in Brazil

The Combat of Dourados, also known as the Combat of the Military Colony of Dourados, or the Battle of Dourados, was a confrontation between a Brazilian garrison of fifteen men and a Paraguayan column with 3,500 soldiers, fought on 29 December 1864, in the current city of Antônio João, Mato Grosso do Sul, during the Paraguayan War.

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