What the records say
- When
- 22 Sep 1866
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 27.11° S, 58.57° W
- Description
- 1866 battle of the Paraguayan War
Battle of Curupayty
Battle of the Paraguayan War
The Battle of Curupayty was a key battle in the Paraguayan War. On the morning on 22 September 1866, the joint force of Brazilian, Argentine, and Uruguayan armies attacked Paraguayan fortified trenches on Curupayty. The Paraguayans were led by general José Eduvigis Díaz. This position was held by 5,000 men and 49 cannons, some of them in hidden places out of the attackers view.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Paraguay successfully defends Curupayty against the Triple Alliance in the Paraguayan War, killing more than 5,000 while sustaining just about 50 casualties”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit dem Sieg in der Schlacht bei Curupaytí können die paraguayischen Truppen den Vormarsch der Alliierten verlangsamen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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