Assault of Paso Cidra

Assault of Paso Cidra
	Part of the Paraguayan War
Date	May 20, 1866
Location	Estero Bellaco, Paraguay
Result	Brazilian victory
Belligerents
File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Empire of Brazil; File:CoA Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Imperial Army;	File:Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay; File:Coat of arms of Paraguay.svg Paraguayan Army;
Commanders and leaders
Empire of Brazil Vanderlei Lins	Paraguay Avelino Cabral

The Assault of Paso Cidra was an allied military operation during the Paraguayan War, which took place on May 20, 1866, in Estero Bellaco, Paraguay. The action consisted of the assault by Brazilian forces of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, under the command of Vanderlei Lins, subordinate of Uruguayan general Venâncio Flores, to a Paraguayan entrenched position, defended by men of Lieutenant Colonel Avelino Cabral. The operation was successful, with taking the position and clearing the path for the Allied march.^[1]

References

↑ Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das batalhas brasileiras (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Instituição Brasileira de Difusão Cultural. p. 393. ISBN 978-85-348-0034-1. OCLC 36768251.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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[1] Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das batalhas brasileiras (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Instituição Brasileira de Difusão Cultural. p. 393. ISBN 978-85-348-0034-1. OCLC 36768251.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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