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Corrientes Campaign

Corrientes Campaign was a campaign fought in 1865 at Corrientes Province, in what is now Argentina; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Corrientes Province. It was part of the Paraguayan War, which ran from 1864 to 1870. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: 35,700 infantry, 17 warships, 103 cannons; 8,400 infantry; 4 infantry regiments against 60,000 infantry.

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Fought1865ran into the following year
WhereCorrientes Province, Argentina28.660S, 57.630W, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeAllied victory
BelligerentsEmpire of Brazil; Argentina; UruguayagainstParaguay
Casualties and lossesMinor lossesand30,000 dead from disease, 8,500 killed or missing, and 10,000 captured
Part ofParaguayan War1864 to 1870

Where it sits in the Paraguayan War

Mato Grosso Campaign, 1864Coimbra Fort Skirmish, 1864Battle of Corrientes, 1865Corrientes Campaign, 1865Invasion of Rio Grande do Sul, 1865Battle of Riachuelo, 1865Battle of Paso de Mercedes, 1865Battle of Paso de Cuevas, 1865Battle of Yatay, 1865Siege of Uruguaiana, 1865Battle of Corrales, 1866Humaitá Campaign, 1866Battle of Estero Bellaco, 1866Battle of Tuyutí, 1866Battle of Boquerón, 1866Battle of Curupaity, 1866Siege of Curupaiti, 1867Battle of Tatayibá, 1867Siege of Humaitá, 1867Second Battle of Tuyutí, 1867Battle of Lomas Valentinas, 1868Passage of Humaitá, 1868Assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima Barros, 1868Battle of Acayuazá, 1868Pikysyry Campaign, 1868Battle of Ytororó, 1868Pikysyry maneuver, 1868Campaign of the Hills, 1869Battle of Piribebuy, 1869Victoria de paraguay, 1869Battle of Cerro Corá, 187018641870Corrientes Campaign, 1865
31 placed engagements of the Paraguayan War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1865 (year precision)
to 1866
PlaceCorrientes Province, Argentina
28.660S, 57.630W
KindCampaign, nineteenth century
Strength35,700 infantry, 17 warships, 103 cannons; 8,400 infantry; 4 infantry regiments60,000 infantry
Casualties and lossesMinor losses30,000 dead from disease, 8,500 killed or missing, and 10,000 captured
Commanders
  • Wenceslao Robles
  • Francisco Isidoro Resquín
  • Pedro Ignacio Meza
  • Antonio de la Cruz Estigarribia
  • Pedro Duarte (general)
Corrientes CampaignCorrientes CampaignBattle of YataySiege of UruguaianaBattle of San BorjaBattle of RiachueloBattle of YataySiege of UruguaianaBattle of RiachueloGoyaMercedesSan Lorenzo100 km28.660S, 57.630W
Placed at Corrientes Province; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Corrientes Campaign is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 120 in present-day Argentina.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3651704, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Corrientes campaign, revision 1374607517, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.