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{{Short description|Brazilian defense tactic}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Pikysyry maneuver
| partof = the [[Paraguayan War]]
| image =
| image_size = 300px
| caption = ''Passagem do Chaco'', oil on canvas by [[Pedro Américo]]
| date = 21 December 1868
| place = [[Formosa province]], [[Argentina]]
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| territory =
| result = Allied victory
| combatant2 = {{plainlist |
▲* {{flag|Paraguay|1842}}
* {{flag|Empire of Brazil}}▼
}}▼
| commander1 = {{plainlist |
▲{{flag|Empire of Brazil}}
* {{flagdeco|Paraguay|1842}} [[Francisco Solano López|Solano López]]
* {{flagdeco|Paraguay|1842}} [[George Thompson (engineer)|George Thompson]]
}}
▲<br>{{flag|Argentina}}
| commander2 = {{plainlist |
* {{flagdeco|Argentina}} [[Juan Andrés Gelly y Obes|Juan Andrés Gelly]]
▲<br>{{flag|Uruguay}}
}}
| strength1 = 2,000 men<ref name=Hooker>Hooker, T.D., 2008, The Paraguayan War, Nottingham: Foundry Books, {{ISBN|1901543153}}</ref>{{rp|95}} ▼
| strength2 = 8,000 men<ref name=Hooker/>{{rp|95}}▼
▲| commander2 = {{flagicon|Empire of Brazil}} [[Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias|Marquis of Caxias]]<br>{{flagicon|Argentina}}General Juan Andrés
▲| strength1 = 2,000 men<ref name=Hooker>Hooker, T.D., 2008, The Paraguayan War, Nottingham: Foundry Books, {{ISBN|1901543153}}</ref>{{rp|95}}
▲| strength2 = 8,000 men<ref name=Hooker/>{{rp|95}}
| casualties1 = 600 killed, 200 captured<ref name=Hooker/>{{rp|95}}
| casualties2 =
}}
{{Campaignbox Paraguayan War}}▼
The '''Pikysyry maneuver''' was a tactic used by Brazilian marshal [[Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias]], during the [[Paraguayan War]] to outflank the Paraguayan southern defense line along the stream of Pikysyry consisting of 142 gun platforms along a line 9.1
==Background==
On 11 Oct. 1868, 1,122 men under the command of Lt. Col. [[Antonio
[[File:War in Parguay - Engagement at Chaco.jpg|thumb|left|[[Paraguayan War|War in Paraguay]]: Engagement at [[Chaco Department|Chaco]] ([[Harper's Weekly|''Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization'']], Vol. XII, nº 617, 24/10/1868).]]▼
▲On 11 Oct. 1868, 1,122 men under the command of Lt. Col. [[Antonio Tuburcio]] landed near Santa Theresa on the west side of the Paraguay River. An additional 2,925 infantry, 327 pontoniers, 198 artillermen and 94 cavalry were landed and overall command for building the road was the responsibility of Lt. Col. Rufino Galvao of the Engineers. The road was constructed of palm tree trunks. On 27 Nov. Marshal Caxias moved his headquarters to the Chaco side of the river. By early Dec., the road had been completed to Santa Helena and 19,000 Allied troops were ready to cross over to San Antonio.<ref name=Hooker/>{{rp|90}}
==Battle of Pikysyry==
After the successful battles of [[
==Aftermath==
Some 500 Paraguayans escaped to Angostura and another 200 to Lomas Valentinas.<ref name=Hooker/>{{rp|95}}▼
==Gallery==
▲{{Campaignbox Paraguayan War}}
<gallery>
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▲Some 500 Paraguayans escaped to Angostura and another 200 to Lomas Valentinas.<ref name=Hooker/>{{rp|95}}
</gallery>
==References==
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[[Category:December 1868 events]]
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[[Category:History of Formosa Province]]
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