Battle of Cerro Corá

Battle of Cerro Corá
Part of the War of the Triple Alliance
Date 1 March 1870
Location Cerro Corá, Paraguay
Result Brazilian victory
Belligerents
 Paraguay  Empire of Brazil
Commanders and leaders
Francisco Solano López  † José Antônio Correia da Câmara
Strength
100–250 4,000

The battle of Cerro Corá was fought on 1 March 1870 on a hill-surrounded valley of the same name, in the north-east of Paraguay. This was the last battle in the War of the Triple Alliance.

Estimatives claim that Solano López's personal guard had from 100 to 250 soldiers. The Brazilian troops were composed of a battalion of about 4,000 men. At the margin of the Aquidaban-Nigui stream Solano Lopez's troops were surrounded and defeated.

Lopez was surprised by Brazilian troops and killed by Brazilian Imperial Army Grenadier Corporal José Francisco Lacerda, better known as Chico Diabo, as he attempted to swim to safety across the Aquidaban River.

Battles of the Paraguayan War (1864 to 1870)