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*15px Paraguayan Army | combatant2 = *15px Imperial Army *15px Imperial Navy * *15px Marine Corps *15px Argentine Army | commander1 = Colonel Manuel Antonio Gimenez | commander2 = Bartolomé Mitre Gen. Baron de Porto Alegre | strength1 =2,500 men and 13 Cannon〔 | strength2 =4,500 infantry ans 3,800 dismounted cavalry 5 Ironclads〔 | casualties1 =700 killed 1,800 wounded 32 captured〔 | casualties2 =159 killed 629 wounded 〔 }} The Battle of Curuzu occurred between September 1 and September 3 in 1866 in during the Paraguayan War. After the first Battle of Tuyuti, won by the Allies on May 24 in 1866, an Allied council of war decided to use their navy to bombard and capture the Paraguayan battery at Curupayti.〔 ==Battle== On September 1, five Brazilian ironclads, ''Bahia'', ''Barroso'', ''Lima Barros'', ''Rio de Janeiro'' and ''Brasil'' began bombarding the batteries at Curuzu, which continued the next day. That is when the ''Rio de Janeiro'' hit two mines and sank immediately along with her commander Américo Brasílio Silvado, and 50 sailors. Simultaneously, 8,391 men of the Brazilian 2nd Corps, under the command of Gen. Baron de Porto Alegre, attacked the Paraguayan batteries at Curuzu, south of the main stronghold of Humaitá on the shores of Paraguay River.〔Hooker, T.D., 2008, The Paraguayan War, Nottingham: Foundry Books, ISBN 1901543153〕 On September 3, the fort, commanded by Colonel Jimenez, was stormed. The defenders relied on the advantage of the wetlands and bushes around the fort. The fort was conquered after a heavy bombardment, and the Paraguayan army was pursued until the vicinity of Curupaiti.〔 The ironclad "Rio de Janeiro" had a hole blown in her bottom by a torpedo, and sank almost immediately — the greater part of her crew, together with her captain, being drowned. This was the only ironclad which was sunk during the war.〔Thompson, G, 1869, The War in Paraguay, London: Longmans Green and Co., p.169 〕 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 Curuzú」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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