✦ History

Part of Paraguayan War

Battle of Curuzú

September 1–3, 1866

Result Allied victory

Brazilian troops captured the Paraguayan fortified position at Curuzú on the Paraguay River.

Contemporaries

Paraguay

Triple Alliance

Paraguay
Empire of Brazil
Argentina
José Eduvigis Díaz military commander
Bartolomé Mitre military commander Joaquim Marques Lisboa military commander Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
2,532
Killed
700
Wounded
1,800
Captured
32
Casualties
788
Killed
159
Wounded
629