Battle of Caguijuru

Battle of Caguijuru
Part of the Paraguayan War
DateAugust 18, 1869
Location
Caguijuru, Paraguay
Result Brazilian victory
Belligerents
Paraguay Empire of Brazil
Commanders and leaders
Pedro Hermosa Executed
Strength
1,400 men Unknown
Casualties and losses
260 killed
530 prisoners
12 guns		 13 dead
153 wounded[1]

The Battle of Caguijuru was a brief engagement between Brazilian and Paraguayan forces in August 18, 1869, during the Paraguayan War's Campaign of the Hills.

Background and engagement

After the heavy fighting at Acosta Ñu two days earlier, the chase by the allied forces for Paraguayan president Francisco Solano López continued.[2]

On August 18th 1869, a column under general Vitorino Monteiro reached a trail named Caguijuru,[3] near Caraguatay which had been the site of the Battle of Acosta Ñu.[4] In the trail, a trenchline was dug and 1,200 Paraguayan soldiers were positioned in it under colonel Pedro Hermosa;[1] earlier, these troops had killed some Brazilian soldiers in the region and strung up their bodies from trees. The Brazilian 1st Infantry Division under general Carlos Resin Filho attacked and secured the trail, inflicting 790 casualties on the Paraguayan force, capturing 12 guns and a standard. After the battle, Vitorino ordered Hermosa and other of the leading Paraguayan officers be slain, angered over the Brazilian troops killed before the battle.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Hooker 2008, p. 104.
  2. ^ Doratioto 2002, p. 437-438.
  3. ^ Donato 1996, p. 228.
  4. ^ Centurión 1901, p. 91.
  5. ^ Doratioto 2002, p. 438; Centurión 1901, pp. 92–93.

Sources

  • Centurión, Juan C. (1901). Memorias del coronel Juan Crisóstomo Centurión o sea reminiscencias históricas sobre la Guerra del Paraguay. Vol. 4. Imprenta de Obras de J. A. Berra.
  • Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das batalhas brasileiras (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). São Paulo: IBRASA. ISBN 978-65-5921-286-6.
  • Doratioto, Francisco (2002). Maldita Guerra: Nova história da Guerra do Paraguai (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. ISBN 978-65-5921-286-6.
  • Hooker, Terry D. (2008). The Paraguayan War. Nottingham: Foundry Books. ISBN 978-1901543155.
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