Battle of Paso de Cuevas: Difference between revisions

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

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

Following losses after the [[Battle of Riachuelo]], and running the gauntlet set up by 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|2007|p=36}} However, the pass at Cuevas was once again manned by 3000 of Bruguez's men with 34 guns. Barroso suffered 24 dead and 42 wounded.{{Sfn|Jaques|2008|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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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.