Battle of Angostura (1868)

Battle of Angostura
Part of the Paraguayan War
Date 30 December 1868 (1868-12-30) Location Pikysyry stream, Angostura Fortress, Paraguay Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Empire of Brazil	Paraguay
Commanders and leaders
Marquis of Caxias	George Thompson
Strength
21,000+ soldiers	2,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Surrender of all soldiers

The Angostura Fortress was a Paraguayan Army fortification, located by the Pikysyry stream (a tributary of the Paraguay river), in Paraguayan territory. The Paraguayan War,^[A] (also known as the War of the Triple Alliance^[B] and the Great War^[4][C] in Paraguay), was a South American war fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance nations (Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay). Angostura Fortress was a battery of Paraguayan defense line fortifications strategically located along . The Paraguayan units surrendered the fortification on 27 December 1868, which were then occupied by Imperial Brazilian Army forces on 30 December 1868. This led to a series of victorious battles won by Triple Alliance armies (also known as December Campaigns).

Further reading[]

• Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century: A-E. Volume 1. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 53. ISBN 9780313335372. |volume= has extra text (help)