Mato Grosso Campaign

Mato Grosso campaign
Part of the Paraguayan War

Paraguayan fortification
DateDecember 1864 – April 1868
Location
Mato Grosso province, present-day Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Result
  • Initial Paraguayan conquest
  • Paraguayan withdrawal in 1868
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Strength
7,898 men[1]: 25–26  3,000 men[1]: 69 

The Mato Grosso campaign was an early Paraguayan offensive in the Paraguayan War. Paraguay invaded the Brazilian province of Mato Grosso (now Mato Grosso do Sul).

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