Battle of Campichuelo | |||||||
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Part of Paraguay campaign | |||||||
Military operations in Paraguay (in Spanish) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Provinces of South America | Royalist Paraguay | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Manuel Belgrano | Pablo Thompson | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
800 soldiers | 500 soldiers |
The Battle of Campichuelo was an action fought on 19 December 1810 between revolutionary forces led by Manuel Belgrano and royalist troops on the right bank of the Paraná River, part of the Paraguay campaign of the Argentine War of Independence. It ended with a victory for the forces of Belgrano.