Plan of Piribebuy

The fortified town and the assault of 12 August.

Date

12 August 1869

Based on

Esboço Memorial da Praça de Piribebuy (1869)

Scale

Not to scale

A trench about 2,400 meters long surrounded the town, with the church at the center and the Piribebuy stream to the south. Three Brazilian columns attacked at once, and the breach opened on the south side.

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