Campaign of the Hills

Campaign of the Hills
	Part of the Paraguayan War
	; The Count of Eu and his military staff.
Date	July 1869 - March 1, 1870
Location	Central and Northern Paraguay
Result	Allied victory End of the Paraguayan War;
Belligerents
Paraguay; Paraguayan Army; Armed civilians;	Empire of Brazil; Imperial Army; ; Argentina; Argentine Army;
Commanders and leaders
Francisco López †; Domingo Sánchez †; Bernardino Caballero ; Manoel Galeano; Manuel Bernal; Pedro Caballero; Anselmo Cañete; Ignacio Genes; Pedro Hermosa; Juan López †;	Count of Eu; José Câmara; Deodoro Fonseca; Vitorino Monteiro; Bento Meneses; João Barreto †; João Tavares; Javier Chicuta; Carlos Filho †; Delfim Carvalho; Joaquim Inácio #; Elisiário Santos; Luis Campos;
Strength
9,000 men; 8 ships; 26 guns; 14 cannons	30,757 men; 17 ships; 47 guns
Casualties and losses
7,971 total casualties; 12 guns destroyed; 8 ships destroyed	2,853 total casualties

The Campaign of the Hills (Spanish: Campaña de las Cordilleras) was the last campaign of the Paraguayan War, lasting from July 1869 to the end of the war on March 1, 1870. The Paraguayans were completely defeated by the Allies. Brazilian writer Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay took part in the campaign and later wrote about it. At least 5,000 Paraguayans were killed during this campaign.