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| caption = Battle of Cuevas, 12 August 1865 ([[José Murature]]).
| date = 12 August 1865
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| place = [[Corrientes Province]], Argentina
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Garcia |first1=Rodolfo |title=Obras do Barão do Rio Branco. |volume=VI: efemérides brasileiras |date=2012 |location=Brasília |publisher=Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão |isbn=978-85-7631-357-1}}</ref>
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* {{cite book |last1=Hooker |first1=Terry D. |title=The Paraguayan War |date=2008 |publisher=Foundry Books |location=Nottingham, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1901543155}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hooker |first1=Terry D. |title=The Paraguayan War |date=2008 |publisher=Foundry Books |location=Nottingham, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1901543155}}
* {{cite book |last1=Jaques |first1=Tony |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z |date=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport |isbn=978-0-313-33536-5}}
* {{cite book |last1=Jaques |first1=Tony |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z |date=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport |isbn=978-0-313-33536-5}}
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[[Category:Battles involving Paraguay]]
[[Category:Battles involving Argentina]]
[[Category:Battles in 1865]]
[[Category:Battles in 1865]]
[[Category:Naval battles of the Paraguayan War]]
[[Category:Naval battles of the Paraguayan War]]
[[Category:Naval battles involving Argentina]]

Latest revision as of 15:41, 18 December 2024

Battle of Paso de Cuevas
Part of the Paraguayan War

Battle of Cuevas, 12 August 1865 (José Murature).
Date12 August 1865
Location
Result

Allied victory.

  • Warships successfully pass.
Belligerents

 Empire of Brazil

 Argentina

 Paraguay

Commanders and leaders
Francisco M. Barroso
José Murature
José María Bruguez
Strength
12 ships with 60 cannons:
3 frigates
3 corvettes
5 gunboats
1 transport
1 gunboat
3,000 soldiers[1]
34 cannons
Casualties and losses
24 killed
42 wounded[1]
Unknown

The Battle of Paso de Cuevas was fought on 12 August 1865 during the Paraguayan invasion of the Argentine province of Corrientes.

Following losses after the Battle of Riachuelo, and running the gauntlet set up by José María Bruguez at Bella Vista in the Battle of Paso de Mercedes the day before, the allied fleet advanced down the River Paraná, not wanting to be cut off from its supply base.[2] However, the pass at Cuevas was once again manned by 3,000 of Bruguez's men with 34 guns. Barroso suffered 24 dead and 42 wounded.[3]

This was the last operation of naval combat of the Argentine Navy at war with foreign nations prior to the Falklands War.

References

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  1. ^ a b Garcia 2012, p. 457.
  2. ^ Hooker 2008, p. 36.
  3. ^ Jaques 2007, p. 779.

Bibliography

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  • Garcia, Rodolfo (2012). Obras do Barão do Rio Branco. Vol. VI: efemérides brasileiras. Brasília: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão. ISBN 978-85-7631-357-1.
  • Hooker, Terry D. (2008). The Paraguayan War. Nottingham, United Kingdom: Foundry Books. ISBN 978-1901543155.
  • Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.

Further reading

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  • Da Silva, Theotonio Meirelles (2008). Historia Naval Brazileira (in Portuguese). BiblioBazaar, LLC.
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