Battle of Paso de Cuevas: Difference between revisions

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| partof = the [[Paraguayan War]]

| image = LasCuevasx10.jpg

| caption = Battle of Cuevas after the [[Battle of Riachuelo]], 12 August 1865 ([[José Murature]]).

| date =12 August 1865

| place = [[Corrientes Province]], Argentina

| result = Allied victory.

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

*[[File:Naval Jack of Brazil.svg|18px]] [[Imperial Brazilian Navy|Imperial Navy]]

{{flag|Argentina}}

*[[File:Naval Jack of Argentina.svg|18px]] [[Argentine Navy]]

| combatant2 = {{flag|Paraguay|1842}}

*[[File:Coat of arms of Paraguay.svg|18px]] [[Paraguayan Army]]

| commander1 = {{flagdeco|Empire of Brazil|naval}} [[Francisco Manuel Barroso, Baron of Amazonas|Francisco M. Barroso]]<br>{{flagicon image|Naval JackofArgentina.svg}} [[José Murature]]

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

| strength1 = {{flagicon image|Naval Jack of Brazil.svg}} 12 ships with 60 cannons:<br>3 [[frigates]]<br>3 [[corvettes]]<br>5 [[gunboats]]<br>1 transport<br>{{flagicon image|Naval Jack of Argentina.svg}} 1 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 = Unknown

| conflict =

| image_size = 300px

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.{{Sfn|Hooker|2008|p=36}} 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.{{Sfn|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]].

==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>

* {{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}}

==Further reading==

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

{{commons category|Passagem de Cuevas}}

*[http://www.ara.mil.ar/ Sitio oficial de la Armada de la República Argentina (ARA).] {{in lang|es}}

*[http://www.histarmar.com.ar Historia y Arqueología Marítima] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630130127/http://www.histarmar.com.ar/ |date=30 June 2011 }} {{in lang|es}}

*[http://www.todoababor.es/vida_barcos/maniob_nav.htm Maniobras y términos navales] {{in lang|es}}

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011022628/http://www.naval.com.br/ngb/ Navios de Guerra], in [http://www.naval.com.br ''naval.com.br ''] {{in lang|pt}}

*[http://www.mar.mil.br/ Official site of the Brazilian Navy] {{in lang|pt}}

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074537/http://generalyegros.com/index.php/ejercito-paraguayo/comarte/guerra-del-70.html La Artillería Paraguaya en la Guerra contra la Triple Alianza.] {{in lang|es}}

File:O nosso desenhista A. L. von Hoonholtz, commandante da canhoneira Araguary, passando as baterias de Cuevas e desenhando-as com o maior sangue frio.jpg|[[Antônio Luís von Hoonholtz|A. L. von Hoonholtz]], commander of the Brazilian gunboat Araguary, passing the [[Artillery battery|battery]] of Cuevas and drawing it.

File:Passagem de Cuevas. O bravo 1º tenente Fortunato Foster Vidal, secretário do capitão de mar e guerra Alvim, vendo o leme da corveta Reberibe inutilizado por uma bala das baterias paraguayas, corre a reparar o sinistro.jpg|The 1st Lt. [[Fortunato Foster Vidal]], secretary of the [[Captain at sea]] [[Francisco Cordeiro Torres e Alvim|Alvim]], seeing the helm of the corvette Beberibe unusable by a bullet of the Paraguayan batteries, run to repair the damage; and under live fire, gives direction to the ship.

File:Plano da passagem da Esquadra brasileira pelas barrancas de Turupi e Guabijú a 12 de agosto de 1865 (Semana Illustrada, n. 248).jpg|Plan of the passage of the [[Brazilian Navy|Brazilian Squadron]] by the ravines of Turupi and Guabijú, on 12 August 1865. Raised and drawn by [[Antônio Luís von Hoonholtz|A. L. von Hoonholtz]] (Suplemento da ''[[Semana Illustrada]]'' n.º 248, 1865).

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[[Category:Naval battles of the Paraguayan War]]

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