Brazil has sent an expedition to fight…

December 1865 CE

Brazil has sent an expedition to fight the invaders in Mato Grosso.

A column of twenty-seven hundred and eighty men led by Colonel Manuel Pedro Drago had left Uberaba in Minas Gerais in April 1865, and arrives at Coxim in December after a difficult march of more than two thousand kilometers (twelve hundred miles) through four provinces.

However, Paraguay has abandoned Coxim by December.

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Coxim Mato Grosso Brazil View →

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Bartolomé Mitre View → Edward Thornton View → Francisco Solano López View → Joaquim Marques Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré View → José Antônio Saraiva View → Venancio Flores View →

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Paraguay, Republic of View → Brazilian Empire View → Uruguay, Eastern Republic of View → Argentina (Argentine Republic) View →

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Paraguayan War (López War or War of the Triple Alliance) View →

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