Battle of Yacaré
| Battle of Yacaré | |||||||
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| Part of the Paraguayan War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Empire of Brazil | Paraguay | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| João Niederauer Sobrinho | José Matias Bado | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 800 cavalrymen | 200 cavalrymen | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 80 casualties |
76 dead 5 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Yacaré was a battle fought in August 26, 1868, by Brazilian and Paraguayan forces during the Paraguayan War, part of the beginning of the Pikysyry campaign. It was a Brazilian victory.
The allied army had only weeks before concluded operations around the Fortress of Humaitá and begun to advance north towards Asunción, the Paraguayan capital. This battle was one of the first fought during this movement, an assault and capture of a defensive fieldwork which lay on the way to the Paraguayan headquarters at the Pikysyry line.