Battle of Paraguarí

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Paraguarí was a key 1811 engagement in the Paraguayan War of Independence, where local forces repelled an invading army from Buenos Aires, helping to secure Paraguay’s autonomy.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Tacuarí	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Batalla de Paraguarí NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Forces from Buenos Aires ⓘ Paraguayan provincial forces ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign	Belgrano’s Paraguay campaign ⓘ
chronology	One of the first major battles in Paraguay’s independence struggle ⓘ
combatant	Revolutionary forces from Buenos Aires ⓘ Royalist-aligned Paraguayan authorities ⓘ
commander	Bernardo de Velasco NERFINISHED ⓘ Fulgencio Yegros NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuel Atanasio Cabañas NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuel Belgrano NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Paraguayan War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1811-01-19 ⓘ
era	Spanish American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Tacuarí NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early 19th century ⓘ
involved	artillery units ⓘ cavalry units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ
location	Paraguarí NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater	Paraguayan front of the Río de la Plata conflicts ⓘ
objectiveOfInvasion	Bring Paraguay under the authority of the Buenos Aires Junta ⓘ
outcome	Buenos Aires forces retreated from Paraguay ⓘ
partOf	Latin American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguayan War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalEffect	Strengthened Paraguayan moves toward independence from Spain and Buenos Aires ⓘ
precededBy	Belgrano’s invasion of Paraguay ⓘ
region	Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Buenos Aires Junta NERFINISHED ⓘ May Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguayan independence ⓘ
result	Defeat of Buenos Aires invasion force ⓘ Paraguayan victory ⓘ
significance	Demonstrated military capacity of local Paraguayan forces ⓘ Helped secure Paraguay’s autonomy from Buenos Aires ⓘ Key engagement in the Paraguayan independence process ⓘ
territorialEffect	Consolidation of de facto Paraguayan self-rule ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	land battle ⓘ
year	1811 ⓘ

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Paraguayan campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Paraguarí ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Tacuarí