Corrientes campaign

Corrientes campaign
Part of the Paraguayan War
Drawing of a battle, seen from a distance
The Battle of Butuí in L'Illustration, Volume XLVI, Paris, 1865
DateApril 1865 – January 1866
Location
Corrientes Province, Argentina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 Paraguay
Commanders and leaders
Strength
35,700 infantry, 17 warships, 103 cannons
8,400 infantry
4 infantry regiments[1]
60,000 infantry[1][2]
Casualties and losses
Minor losses[3] 30,000 dead from disease, 8,500 killed or missing, and 10,000 captured[3]

The Corrientes campaign or the Paraguayan invasion of Corrientes was the second campaign of the Paraguayan War. Paraguayan forces occupied the Argentinian city of Corrientes and other towns in Corrientes Province. The campaign occurred at the same time as the Siege of Uruguaiana.

Argentina and Uruguay declared war against the Paraguayan invaders, who were already at war with the Empire of Brazil, and signed the Treaty of the Triple Alliance. The Paraguayan invasion of Argentina failed, but led to the invasion of Paraguay in later campaigns.

  1. ^ a b Suárez, Martín (1974). Atlas histórico-militar argentino. Buenos Aires: Círculo Militar, p. 277. Cifras de abril de 1865.
  2. ^ Corrêa, 2014: 183
  3. ^ a b Destéfani, Laurio H. (1989). Historia marítima argentina. Buenos Aires: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales, pp. 412.