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rdfs:comment | - 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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Date | - December 1864 - April 1868
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Casualties | - large number of casualties
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Result | - * Initial Paraguayan conquest
* Paraguayan withdrawal in 1868
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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.
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