What the records say
- When
- 21 Dec 1868
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 26.18° S, 58.17° W
- Description
- 1868 Brazilian defense tactic
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Pikysyry maneuver
Brazilian defense tactic
The Pikysyry maneuver was a tactic used by Brazilian marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, during the Pikysyry campaign to outflank the Paraguayan southern defense line along the stream of Pikysyry consisting of 142 gun platforms along a line 9.1 km long, built by the British engineer Lt. Col. George Thompson. Just to the north were the batteries of Angostura, protecting the River Paraguay.
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