Battle of Cerro Corá

Battle of Cerro Corá

The battle of Cerro Corá was fought on 1 March 1870 on a hill with the same name, in the north of Paraguay. This was the last battle in the War of the Triple Alliance.

Estimatives claim that Solano López's personal guard had from 100 to 250 soldiers. The Brazilian troops were composed of a battalion of about 4.000 men. At the margin of the Aquidaban-Nigui stream Solano Lopez's troops were surrounded and defeated.

Lopez was killed by Brazilian's Imperial Army Corporal José Francisco Lacerda, better known as Chico Diabo.


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