Piquissiri maneuver

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Piquissiri maneuver
partof=the War of the Triple Alliance


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date=end of 1868
place=near Humaitá
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result=Allied victory
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commander1= Francisco Solano López
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The Piquissiri maneuver was a tactical move by Brazilian commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Marquês de Caxias in the War of the Triple Alliance. Paraguayan leader Francisco Solano López had concentrated his troops in a strong position across the Piquissiri stream, so Caxias made a bold move, building a road through 11 kilometers of marshland in the Chaco which lead around the Paraguayan position. López, who was convinced that masses of troops could not cross the Chaco, was surprised; the allies attacked from behind. López was forced to flee with his surviving troops to the hills in the north, where he and the Paraguayan would resist until 1870.

External links

*http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/guerrapara/dezembrada.htm pt icon
*http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/2523 en icon
*http://www.geocities.com/ulysses_costa/Guerradoparaguai pt icon