Battle of Acosta Ñu
| Battle of Acosta Ñu | |||||||
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| Part of the Paraguayan War | |||||||
Battle of Campo Grande, by Pedro Américo. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Paraguay | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Bernardino Caballero | Gaston of Orleans | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3,646 12 cannons: 103 |
1st and 2nd Corps: 103 more than 20,000 Brazilian and Argentine soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3,500:: 104 2,000 killed 1,500 wounded and captured |
602:: 104 182 killed 420 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Acosta Ñu (Guarani: Acosta Ñu ñorainõ), also known as the Children's Battle (Spanish: Batalla de los Niños) in Paraguay and the Battle of Campo Grande (Portuguese: Batalha de Campo Grande) in Brazil, took place on 16 August 1869. It was the last major engagement of the Paraguayan War between the Triple Alliance and Paraguay. The 3,500 poorly armed Paraguayans, mostly boys between nine and fifteen years old, old men and wounded combatants, confronted 20,000 Brazilian and Argentine veteran soldiers.: 104