Battle of Laguna Cierva

Battle of Laguna Cierva
	Part of the Paraguayan War
	; Print depicting the assault of the Imperial Army on the Paraguayan fortress
Date	February 19, 1868
Location	Reduto Cierva, Paraguay
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
Paraguay Paraguayan Army; Paraguayan Navy;	Brazil Imperial Army; Imperial Navy; ; Argentina;
Commanders and leaders
Major Antonio Olavarrieta	Marquess of Caxias; Delfim Carlos de Carvalho;
Strength
500 soldiers	800 soldiers; 6 ironclads
Casualties and losses
300 casualties; 9 guns	120 killed; 456 wounded

The Battle of Laguna Cierva was a battle fought between Brazilian and Paraguayan imperial troops on February 19, 1868, during the Paraguayan War, in the region called Reducto Cierva known as Fuerte del Establecimiento. The site was on the right bank of the Paraguay River, north of the Fortress of Humaitá.