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Paso de Patria was a Paraguayan village, north of the Fortaleza de Itapiru, on the right bank of the Paraná River.The plan was for the Brazilian Imperial Navy, under the command of Joaquim Marques Lisboa, Admiral Tamandaré, to bomb the positions occupied by the Paraguayan Army in Passo, jointly with the Imperial Army, distracting the Paraguayans and enabling a naval invasion.
The Battle of Paso de Patria on 2 May 1866. Watercolor by José Ignacio Garmendia. Watercolor by José Ignacio Garmendia. At the end of June and again at the end of July, General Hornos' troops defeated cavalry groups (identified as Argentine, most from Corrientes and the Federalist Party) in the province's central marshes .
In the last conflict, initially in command of the 1st Horse Artillery Regiment, he had a key role in the victories of Paso de Patria, Estero Bellaco and Tuyutí. Specifically in Tuyutí, the largest field battle in South American history, his guns were called "revolver cannons", for both their accuracy and firing speed.
Battle of Palmar (1866) Battle of Perecué; Assault of Paso Cidra; Battle of Paso de Patria; Battle of Paso Ipohy; Battle of Pehuajó; Pikysyry maneuver; Battle of Pilar; Battle of Piribebuy; Battle of Potrero Obella
Robles was transferred to Humaitá and after being judged for failure to comply with orders, he was shot at the Paso de Patria Camp on January 6, 1866. [1] A witness portrays him thus: "Among the diners are... Wenceslao Robles, the only general in the ranks, apart from Solano López, and one of the few soldiers who did not wear a beard at that ...
The marriage took place on February 19, 1839, at Our Lady of Glory Church (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Glória) in Rio de Janeiro. After the Battle of Riachuelo, the number of arrived disenabled combatants at the capital was taking alarming proportions, thus arising the need to create an asylum, where they could be well treated. It was his wife ...
Fernando Machado de Sousa (January 11, 1822, Desterro – December 6, 1868, Arroyo Ytororó) was a Brazilian Colonel of the Paraguayan War. He was the commander of the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division during the war but was mortally wounded during the Battle of Ytororó .
Capture of the Paquete de Maule; Battle of Chihuahua (1866) Chincha Islands War; Corrientes campaign; Cretan revolt (1866–1869) ... Battle of Paso de Patria; Battle ...