Battle of Tacuarí
1811 battle during the Paraguay Campaign of the Argentine War of Independence / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Tacuarí (9 March 1811) was a battle in Southern Paraguay between revolutionary forces under the command of General Manuel Belgrano, member of the Primera Junta government of Argentina, and Paraguayan troops under colonel Manuel Atanasio Cabañas, at the time at the service of the royalists.
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Battle of Tacuarí | |||||||
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Part of Paraguay campaign | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Royalist Army of Paraguay | ||||||
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Manuel Belgrano | Manuel Cabañas | ||||||
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550 infantry and 400 cavalry[1]: 11 | 2,500–2,700 local soldiers from Paraguay |
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