Battle of Curupayty
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The Battle of Curupayty was a key battle in the Paraguayan War. On the morning on 22 September 1866, the joint force of Brazilian, Argentine, and Uruguayan armies attacked Paraguayan fortified trenche
Top: Paraguayan artillery firing at allied forces Middle: Assault of the second Brazilian column Bottom: Brazilian navy bombardment
Cándido Lopez Trinchera de Curupaytí Google Art Project
Cándido Lopez Asalto a la segunda columna brasileña a Curupaytí Google Art Project
Battle of Curupayty (El Cabichuí, nº 40, 23 September 1866).
Fortress of Humaitá
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The Fortress of Humaitá, known metaphorically as the Gibraltar of South America, was a Paraguayan military installation near the mouth of the River Paraguay. A strategic site without equal in the regi
Battle of Curupayty
…of the attackers view. The Imperial Brazilian Navy gave support to the 20,000 assailants, but the ships had to keep some distance from the guns at the fortress of Humaitá, which led to the lack of accuracy and impact of the ship's fire. The navy's failure was crucial at the later ground battle result. The Paraguayans…
Location of Humaitá
Brazilian ironclad warships at last dash past the Fortress of Humaitá, 19th February 1868. By the Brazilian naval engineer and watercolourist Trajano Augusto de Carvalho (1830–1898).
The Londres Battery of the Humaitá fortifications. Although this image by E.C. Jourdan of the Brazilian engineering corps has become iconic, it shows it in a state of part dismantlement. In reality the embrasures were protected by heaped earth.
Brazilian ironclad Rio de Janeiro sunk by a 'torpedo' in front of Curuzú. Painting by Adolfo Methfessel (1836-1909).