✦ History

Mato Grosso campaign

December 1864 – April 1868

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.

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Battles 1

January 2, 1868
Retreat from Laguna Paraguayan victory Northern Paraguay, southern Mato Grosso Province Vicente Barrios, Francisco Isidoro Resquín, Carlos de Morais Camisão

Key commanders

Paraguay 5

Francisco Solano López belligerent leader Bernardino Caballero military commander Vicente Barrios military commander Francisco Isidoro Resquín military commander Pedro Ignacio Meza military commander

Empire of Brazil 2

Carlos de Morais Camisão military commander Hermenegildo Portocarrero, Baron of Forte de Coimbra military commander