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| commander2 = Bernardino Caballero | strength1 = 18,963 and 26 guns〔 | strength2 = 5,000 – 18 guns〔 | casualties1 =297 dead, 1,366 wounded〔 | casualties2 =3,000 dead, 600 wounded〔Hooker, T.D., 2008, The Paraguayan War, Nottingham: Foundry Books, ISBN 1901543153〕 }} The Battle of Avaí was fought by the stream of the same name in Paraguayan territory in December 1868 during the Paraguayan War, between the forces the Triple Alliance and the Paraguay. Considered to be the bloodiest battle in South America.〔 Advancing after the Battle of Ytoror%C3%B3, the Allied force made for Villeta. == The Battle == The Allied advance stopped where the road crossed the stream Avay. For the Allied army, the vanguard consisted of the 3rd Corps, commanded by Gen. Osorio, the 2nd Corps under Gen. Jose Luis Mena Barreto formed the center, and the 1st Corps under Gen. Jacinto Machado Bittencourt formed the rearguard. Caxias also had available the Cavalry Divisions, including the 1st under Gen. Joao Manuel Mena Barreto, the 5th under Col. Jose Antonio Correa da Camara, and the 2nd and 3rd under Gen. Andrade Neves. The battle began at noon and lasted for five hours. The flanking attacks by the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Cavalry Divisions into the Paraguayan rear made escape impossible. With the total defeat of Gen. Caballero's force, Marshal Caxias reached Villeta. The Paraguayan survivors, less than 50, retreated for Lomas Valentinas. There President Lopez has assembled 3,000 troops, plus another 2,000 at Pikysyry and 700 at Angostura.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Avay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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