Corrientes Campaign
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Was the Paraguayan invasion of Corrientes during the Paraguayan War.
Chronology
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April 1865: Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Antonio de la Cruz Estigarribia, Paraguayan forces crossed the Paraná near Encarnación to head south along the right bank of the Uruguay River.
June 1865: Estigarribia crossed the river and followed Duarte's advance from the Brazilian bank, entering São Borja e Itaqui.
May 1865: On May 5, a group of 2,500 soldiers under the command of Major Pedro Duarte detached from the column and occupied the city of Santo Tomé.
April 1865: On April 13, 1865, a Paraguayan flotilla of 5 ships (Tacuarí, Paraguarí, Marques de Olinda, Ygurey and Ypora) under the command of Pedro Ignacio Meza went down the Paraná River until they reached the port of the city of Corrientes, where they captured two ships that the 25 de Mayo and Gualeguay were under repair. The following day, a contingent of 3,000 men led by General Wenceslao Robles, transported by river, landed in the port and occupied the city without encountering resistance.
April 1865: Paraguayan, occupy Bella Vista, Empedrado, Santa Lucía and Goya in sequence.
May 1865: On May 25, an Argentine squad made up of 725 soldiers, commanded by General Wenceslao Paunero, landed by surprise in Corrientes; after a hard house-to-house fight, the defeated Paraguayans withdrew from the city towards nearby Empedrado.
August 1865: The city of Uruguayana was occupied by Paraguayan forces.
September 1865: Siege of Uruguaiana.
November 1865: Paraguayan military leader Francisco Isidoro Resquín carried out the withdrawal operations towards the northern bank of the Paraná throughout the month of October, which ended on 4 November.
