ORDER OF BATTLE // August 12, 1865
Battle of Paso de Cuevas
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 3,000 estimated
Paraguay
3,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Paso de Cuevas took place on 12 August 1865 during the Paraguayan invasion of the Argentine province of Corrientes, a phase of the Paraguayan War in which Paraguayan forces under commanders including José María Bruguez sought to extend the conflict onto Allied territory. The engagement placed Brazilian naval and ground commanders Francisco M. Barroso and José Murature in opposition to a Paraguayan force recorded at 3,000 men. Beyond its occurrence within the Corrientes campaign, the available record does not specify what the battle decided or how it altered the broader trajectory of the war.
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