Battle of Lomas Valentinas

When

21 Dec 1868 – 27 Dec 1868

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

25.59° S, 57.52° W

Description

1868 battle of the Paraguayan War

1868 battle of the Paraguayan War

The Battle of Lomas Valentinas was fought in the Central Department of Paraguay on December 21–27, 1868. The Paraguayan Army, led personally by president Francisco Solano López, was decisively defeated, though López managed to escape. On 30 December 1868, the Paraguayan garrison at Angostura, with 1,907 men, surrendered to the Allies.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nachdem es brasilianischen Dampfschiffen im Tripel-Allianz-Krieg gelungen ist, die letzten paraguayischen Flusssperren bei Humaitá zu überwinden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de Lomas Valentinas dans le cadre de la Guerre de la Triple-Alliance, au Paraguay”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Lopez12 Nov 1864 · Interstate war · Deaths 310,000