Battle of Paso de Cuevas: Difference between revisions

| partof = the [[Paraguayan War]]

| caption = [[Antônio Luís von Hoonholtz|A. L. von Hoonholtz]], commander of the= gunboatBattle Araguary,of Cuevas passingafter the [[ArtilleryBattle battery|batteryof Riachuelo]], of12 CuevasAugust and1865 drawing([[José itMurature]]).

| date = August =12, August 1865

| place = [[Corrientes Province]], [[Argentina]]

| result = Allied victory.

| combatant1 = {{ARGflag|Empire of Brazil}}

*[[File:Naval Jack of ArgentinaBrazil.svg|15px18px]] [[ArgentineImperial Brazilian Navy|Imperial Navy]]

*[[File:Naval Jack of BrazilArgentina.svg|15px18px]] [[Brazilian Navy|ImperialArgentine Navy]]

| combatant2 = {{PARflag|Paraguay|1842}}

*[[File:Coat of arms of Paraguay.svg|15px18px]] [[Paraguayan Army]]

| commander1 = {{flagiconflagdeco|ArgentinaEmpire of Brazil|naval}} José[[Francisco MuratureManuel Barroso, Baron of Amazonas|Francisco M. Barroso]]<br>{{flagicon image|EmpireNaval JackofBrazilArgentina.svg}} [[FranciscoJosé Manuel Barroso da SilvaMurature]]

| commander2 = {{flagiconflagdeco|Paraguay|1842}} [[José María Bruguez]]

| strength1 = [[File:{{flagicon image|Naval Jack of Brazil.svg|15px]]}} 12 ships (with 60 cannons:<br>3 [[frigates]],<br>3 [[corvettes]], <br>5 [[gunboats]] and <br>1 transport) with 60 cannons<br>[[File:{{flagicon image|Naval Jack of Argentina.svg|15px]]}}1ship [[gunboat]].

| strength2 = 3,000 soldiers{{Sfn|Garcia|2012|p=457}}<br>34 cannons

| casualties1 = 24 killed, <br>42 wounded{{Sfn|Garcia|2012|p=457}}

| casualties2 = unknownUnknown

The '''Battle of Paso de Cuevas''' was fought on August12, 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 ParanaParaná]], not wanting to be cut off from its supply base.<ref name=Hooker>Hooker, T.D., 2008, The Paraguayan War, Nottingham: Foundry Books, ISBN 1901543153</ref>{{rpSfn|Hooker|2008|p=36}} However, the pass at Cuevas was once again manned by 30003,000 of Bruguez's men with 34 guns. Barroso suffered 24 dead and 42 wounded.<ref>Jaques, T., 2007, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges:P-Z, Westport: Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5</ref>{{rpSfn|Jaques|2007|p=779}}

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

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