Battle of Yatay

Battle of Yatay
Part of the Paraguayan War
Date August 17, 1865 Location Yatay creek, banks of the Uruguay River Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Argentina  Uruguay  Empire of Brazil	Paraguay
Commanders and leaders
Wenceslao Paunero Venancio Flores Joaquim Nelly	Pedro Duarte
Strength
8,390[1]–10,550 4,500 Argentines 2,440 Uruguayans 1,450 Brazilians 32 cannons	3,200[2]: 39
Casualties and losses
707:[3] 147 killed 560 wounded	3,200:[3] 1,700 killed 300 wounded 1,200 captured

In the Paraguayan War, the Battle of Yatay was fought on August 17, 1865, between the troops of the Triple Alliance (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay) and the soldiers of Paraguay near Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina.

The Battle of Yatay was the first major land battle of the Paraguayan War, and most important of the war's second phase.