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  • Mato Grosso Campaign
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  • The 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, with no more than two hundred soldiers and officers to defend it in 1864.
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Strength
  • * 9,000 men
  • * 170 soldiers initially * 3,000 troops sent * unknown number of warriors Indians
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Partof
  • the Paraguayan War
Date
  • December 1864 - April 1868
Commander
  • * Col.
Caption
  • Paraguayan fortification
Casualties
  • large number of casualties
Result
  • * Initial Paraguayan conquest * Paraguayan withdrawal in 1868
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Place
  • Mato Grosso, Brazil
Conflict
  • Mato Grosso campaign
abstract
  • The 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, with no more than two hundred soldiers and officers to defend it in 1864.