Battle of Surubí

Battle of Surubí
Part of the Paraguayan War

The Baron of Triunfo at the combat over the Surubí stream
DateSeptember 23, 1868
Location
Surubí stream, Paraguay
Result Brazilian victory
Belligerents
Paraguay Empire of Brazil
Commanders and leaders
  • José Manuel Montiel
  • Julián Roa
Casualties and losses
128 casualties
11 prisoners[1]		 89 dead
203 wounded
2 prisoners[1]

The Battle of Surubí (also spelt Suruby, Surubi-í, Surubi-hi, etc.) was fought in September 23 1868, during the opening stages of the Paraguayan War's Pikysyry campaign.

The allied army marched north, towards Paraguay's capital Asunción after the fall of the fortress of Humaitá a few weeks earlier. On the morning of the 23rd of September, the Brazilian vanguard under general Andrade Neves met two Paraguayan detachments at a bridge over the Surubí stream and beat them.[1][2][3]

The engagement

The Brazilian vanguard, after crossing the bridge over the Surubí stream, was surprised by a large Paraguayan force, partially hidden by thick brush on the river's shore. The attackers were initially forced to retreat over the bridge,[4] and only after a second attack by two squadrons of the 6th Cavalry Regiment was the Paraguayan position taken.[5]

One of the Brazilian units, the 2nd Division's 5th Infantry Battalion, fled the action in disorder, and was dissolved.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Donato 1996, p. 499.
  2. ^ Campos 1878, p. 316.
  3. ^ Barroso 1938, p. 322.
  4. ^ a b Doratioto 2002, p. 353.
  5. ^ Hooker 2008, p. 90.

Sources

  • Barroso, Gustavo (1938). História Militar do Brasil (PDF) (2 ed.). São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional.
  • Campos, Joaquim (1878). Vida do grande cidadão brazileiro Luiz Alves de Lima e Silva, barão, conde, marquez, duque de Caxias, desde o seu nascimento em 1803 ate 1878 (PDF). Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional.
  • Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras (2 ed.). São Paulo: Instituição Brasileira de Difusão Cultural. ISBN 85-348-0034-0. OCLC 36768251.
  • Doratioto, Francisco (2002). Maldita Guerra: Nova história da Guerra do Paraguai (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. ISBN 978-65-5921-286-6.
  • Hooker, Terry D. (2008). The Paraguayan War. Nottingham: Foundry Books. ISBN 978-1901543155.
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