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The Paraguayan infantry quickly took the outer Allied entrenchments and pushed back the second line into the supply camp. The Paraguayans set about pillaging when they were attacked in the supply camp by an Allied artillery redoubt under the command of general Porto Alegre, which consisted of 1,800 men and 14 guns.
[1]: 94 The result of the battle was an Allied victory, which added to the Paraguayan troubles after the loss of its fleet in the Battle of Riachuelo. This battle is particularly important in Brazil, being nicknamed "A Batalha dos Patronos" (The Battle of the Patrons) since the Army's patrons of the Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery fought in it.
Sketch of the battle of Tuyutí The Battle of Tuyutí was an engagement during the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. It was fought on May 24, 1866, with the forces aligned as follows: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Paraguayan War; From top, left to right: the Battle of Riachuelo (1865), the Battle of Tuyutí (1866), the Battle of Curupayty (1866), the Battle of Avay (1868), the Battle of Lomas Valentinas (1868), the Battle of Acosta Ñu (1869), the Palacio de los López during the occupation of Asunción (1869), and Paraguayan war prisoners (c. 1870)
The Battle of Tuyutí in 1866 was the biggest battle ever fought in South America and the deadliest day in the Americas history. [1] The smaller Second Battle of Tuyutí was also fought there. The ground is sandy, surrounded by flooded terrain, with rocks with more than 2 meters high.
Battle of the Riachuelo – 11 June 1865; Battle of Paso de Mercedes - 11 August 1865; Battle of Paso de Cuevas - 12 August 1865; Battle of Yatay – 17 August 1865; Battle of Pehuajó or Corrales or Itati - 31 January 1866; Battle of Estero Bellaco – 2 May 1866; Battle of Tuyutí or Tuiutí – 24 May 1866; Siege of Uruguaiana or Uruguayana ...
After fighting in the battles of Boquerón and the Second Battle of Tuyutí, Bruguez was executed on August 26, 1868, during the 1868 San Fernando Massacre by President Francisco Solano López along with several other officers who Solano López thought were planning to overthrow him.
Second Battle of Tuyutí Vicente Barrios Bedoya was a Paraguayan general and politician who was the son-in-law of President Carlos Antonio López . Under López and his successor, Marshal and President Francisco Solano López , Barrios held many positions throughout the earlier years of the Paraguayan War and participated in the earlier battles ...