- Mato Grosso Campaign
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Mato Grosso campaign Part of the Paraguayan War Date December 1864 Location Mato Grosso, Brazil Result Initial Paraguayan conquest Belligerents 
Paraguay
Empire of BrazilCommanders and leaders Col.Vicente Barrios, Col.Francisco Isidoro Resquin Col.Manuel Pedro Drago, Col.Carlos de Morais Camisão Strength 9,000 2,800 Casualties and losses unknown unknown Paraguayan WarMato Grosso – Corrientes – Riachuelo – Paso de Cuevas – Yatay – Uruguaiana – Pehuajó – Estero Bellaco – Tuyutí – Curuzú – Curupayty – Humaitá – Piquissiri – Ytororó – Avay – Campaign of the Hills – Acosta Ñu – Cerro CoráThe Mato Grosso campaign was an early Paraguayan offensive in the Paraguayan War. Paraguay captured the Brazilian province of Mato Grosso, but it was a Pyrrhic victory, since the attackers obtained little gain in it. The Province of Mato Grosso was scarcely populated and with no more than two hundred soldiers and officers to defend it in 1864.
Mato Grosso campaign · Battle of Riachuelo · Battle of Jataí · Battle of Estero Bellaco · Battle of Tuyutí · Battle of Curupayty · Passagem de Humaitá · Piquissiri maneuver · Battle of Ytororó · Battle of Acosta Ñu · Battle of Cerro CoráCategories:- Conflicts in 1864
- Battles of the Paraguayan War
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