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Battle of Palmar (1866)

Part of the Paraguayan War

Battle of Palmar

Part of the Paraguayan War

Date	September 2, 1866
Location	Paraguay River, Paraguay
Result	Brazilian victory

Belligerents

Empire of Brazil

Imperial Army
Imperial Navy

Paraguay

Paraguayan Army

Commanders and leaders

Viscount of Porto Alegre

Unknown

Strength

+10,000 soldiers
10 warships

Unknown

Casualties and losses

70 dead

Unknown

Paraguayan War

Mato Grosso campaign
Marquês de Olinda 1st Corumbá Fort Novo de Coimbra Feio River Dourados Nioaque Anhambaí Fort Miranda Coxim Laguna Apa River 2nd Corumbá Alegre
Corrientes campaign
Corrientes San Lorenzo River Rio Grande do Sul São Borja Butuí Uruguaiana Riachuelo Salto Paso de Mercedes Paso de Cuevas Yatay Pehuajó Jaguarí
Humaitá campaign
Purutué Bank Paso de Patria Laguna Sirena Itapirú Estero Bellaco Paso Cidra 1st Tuyutí Yataytí Corá Boquerón Sauce Palmar Curuzú Curupayty Arroyo Hondo Hacienda Laguna Tuyú Cué 1st Passage of Curupayty Pilar Ombú Estero Rojas Perecué Tatayibá Potrero Obella Humaitá Passage 2nd Tuyutí Paso Ipohy 2nd Passage of Curupayty Laguna Cierva Cabral and Lima Barros 1st Iasuií 2nd Iasuií Poí Island Barroso and Rio Grande Acayuazá Fortín Island
Pikysyry campaign
Yacaré Paso de Tebicuarí Surubí Pikysyry Dezembrada Ytororó Avay Lomas Valentinas Angostura San Fernando Asunción
Cordilleras campaign
Manduvirá River Concepción Ybytimí Tupí-hú Sapukái Diarte Piribebuy Acosta Ñu Piribebuy River Hondo River Itapytangua Tacuaty Curuguaty Hucuratí Loma Rugua Caguijuru–Caraguataí Iguatemi Río Verde Cambaceguá Lomaruguá Cerro Corá Miranda

The Battle of Palmar was a confrontation of the Paraguayan War between a squad of the Brazilian Armada and army troops against a group of Paraguayan soldiers on the Paraguay River, fought on September 2, 1866 and which resulted in victory for the allies.^[1]

The Battle

Palmar was an island in the Paraguay River near the blockade station of the Brazilian fleet. On September 1, 1866, the 2nd Army Corps commanded by the Baron of Porto Alegre embarked on squadron ships to disembark close to the defensive lines of Curuzú. At dawn the next day, the battleship Tamandaré, the warships Forte de Coimbra and Pedro Afonso, three flatboats and the wooden ships Araguaia, Beberibe, Greenhalg, Ivaí, Ipiranga, Araguari and Parnaíba started a heavy bombardment of the island and its surroundings, sweeping the defenders Paraguayans who were there. At 3 pm troops from Porto Alegre disembarked on the island and started a fight with the remnants of the defenders losing 70 men, but they were successful in disembarking.^[2]

References

^ Hooker, Terry D. (2008). Armies of the nineteenth century. The Americas. Heath, Ian, 1952-. Nottingham, United Kingdom: Foundry Books. ISBN 978-1-901543-15-5. OCLC 429032555.
^ Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das batalhas brasileiras (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Instituição Brasileira de Difusão Cultural. ISBN 978-85-348-0034-1. OCLC 36768251.