✦ History

Part of Paraguayan War

Mato Grosso campaign

December 1864 – April 1868 · Mato Grosso Province

Result Initial Paraguayan conquest; Paraguayan withdrawal

Paraguay invaded the Brazilian province of Mato Grosso and occupied part of it, gaining little before withdrawing in 1868.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Paraguay

Empire of Brazil

Paraguay
Empire of Brazil
Francisco Solano López belligerent leader Bernardino Caballero military commander Vicente Barrios military commander Francisco Isidoro Resquín military commander Pedro Ignacio Meza military commander
Carlos de Morais Camisão military commander Hermenegildo Portocarrero, Baron of Forte de Coimbra military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
7,898
Casualties
432–489
Ships
11
Guns
12
Strength
3,800–3,900
Casualties
2,983
Ships
8
Ships lost
1
Ships captured
2
Guns
11

Battles 1