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
General Aquino
Battle of Estero Bellaco
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The Battle of Estero Bellaco was one of the bloodiest battles of the Paraguayan War. The battle was fought on 2 May 1866 with the Paraguayan Army suffering 2,000 casualties among the dead and wounded.
Elizardo Aquino
…him the nickname Tigre de la Vanguardia, and earned him the National Order of Merit and promotion to lieutenant colonel. For his participation in the Battle of Estero Bellaco on May 2, 1866, he was promoted to the rank of colonel. Before the Battle of Boquerón, under the orders of General José E. Díaz and Major Jorge Thompson…
Detail from a painting by Cándido López
Combat of 2 May 1866 at Estero Bellaco: Attack of the vanguard of the allied army by the division of the Paraguayan lieutenant colonel José E. Díaz
Battle of Estero Bellaco, 2 May 1866(L'Illustration: journal universel, Vol. XLVIII, nº 1.227, 1º/09/1866)