Map of the Cordillera

Piribebuy, Acosta Ñu and López’s retreat.

Dates

12 to 16 August 1869

Places

Piribebuy, Caacupé, Azcurra and Barrero Grande, now Eusebio Ayala

Scale

Not to scale

The allied army goes around the Cordillera de los Altos from the south and falls on Piribebuy on 12 August 1869. Four days later, at Acosta Ñu, it catches up with Caballero’s rearguard, which was covering López’s retreat toward Caraguatay.

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