Assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima Barros

Assault on Cabral and Lima Barros
Part of the Paraguayan War

Ironclads coming to aid Cabral and Lima Barros
Date2 March 1868 (1868-03-02)
Location
Tagy, left bank of the Paraguay River
Result Brazilian victory
Belligerents
Paraguay Empire of Brazil
Commanders and leaders
Ignacio Genes Joaquim da Costa †
Strength
1,100
22 canoes		 6 ironclads
Casualties and losses
100–400 killed and wounded
14 canoes		 86:
16 killed
55 wounded
15 captured

The assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima Barros was a naval action that took place at dawn on 2 March 1868, during the Paraguayan War, when Paraguayan canoes, yoked two by two, disguised with branches and with 50 soldiers each, approached the Brazilian ironclads Lima Barros and Cabral.

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