Battle of Campichuelo

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The Battle of Campichuelo was an early engagement of the Argentine War of Independence in which revolutionary forces crossed into Paraguayan territory, marking the start of the Paraguayan campaign.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Combate de Campichuelo NERFINISHED
belligerent revolutionary forces of Buenos Aires
royalist forces in Paraguay
campaign First Upper Paraná campaign NERFINISHED
combatant Army of the North (United Provinces of the Río de la Plata) NERFINISHED
commander Manuel Atanasio Cabañas NERFINISHED
Manuel Belgrano NERFINISHED
Pablo Thompson NERFINISHED
conflict Argentine War of Independence NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Paraguay NERFINISHED
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED
date 1810-12-19
endDate 1810-12-19
era Latin American wars of independence NERFINISHED
followedBy Battle of Paraguarí NERFINISHED
forcesType Argentine revolutionary infantry
Paraguayan royalist militia
historicalPeriod early 19th century
location Campichuelo NERFINISHED
Paraguay NERFINISHED
Paraná River NERFINISHED
month December
objective to open the invasion route into Paraguayan territory
partOf Paraguayan campaign NERFINISHED
precededBy May Revolution NERFINISHED
relatedEvent Argentine War of Independence NERFINISHED
Paraguayan campaign of 1810–1811 NERFINISHED
result Argentine revolutionary forces successfully crossed into Paraguayan territory
revolutionary victory
riverCrossed Paraná River NERFINISHED
side Royalist Paraguay NERFINISHED
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED
sideCommandedBy Manuel Atanasio Cabañas, royalist Paraguayan forces
Manuel Belgrano, revolutionary forces
significance first major engagement of Manuel Belgrano’s Paraguayan expedition
marked the beginning of the Paraguayan campaign in the Argentine War of Independence
startDate 1810-12-19
tacticalOutcome successful night river crossing by revolutionary troops
territorialChange temporary revolutionary foothold on the Paraguayan bank of the Paraná River
theaterOfWar Río de la Plata region NERFINISHED
year 1810

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Paraguayan campaign notableBattle Battle of Campichuelo