Battle of Boquerón (1866)
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The Battle of Boquerón was fought on 16 July 1866 and the Battle of Sauce on 18 July 1866, between an allied force of Uruguayans, Brazilians, and Argentines on one side and Paraguay on the other in th
Battle of Boquerón
Uruguayan soldiers at the funeral of colonel León de Pallejas, killed in action at the Battle of Boquerón
Attack of the 3rd Division of the 2nd Army Corps of Argentina, under the command of colonel Don Cesáreo Dominguez, on the Paraguayan trench of Boquerón de Piris (Battle of "Sauce" for the Paraguayans) – Picture of F. Fortuny
"The Battle of Boquerón, episode of the standard-bearer Dantas" by Modesto González
Elizardo Aquino
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José Elizardo Aquino Jara was a Paraguayan general who was considered a hero of the War of the Triple Alliance. He was one of the first senior Paraguayan military leaders to die in combat. Aquino was
Battle of Boquerón (1866)
…one side and Paraguay on the other in the Paraguayan War. The Spanish-born Uruguayan officer León de Pallejas (1816–1866) and the Paraguayan officer Elizardo Aquino were killed in the battle. Following the First Battle of Tuyutí after the Allied forces invaded Paraguay, president Francisco Solano López tried enticing…
General Aquino