Paraguayan campaign of Belgrano
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Was a military campaign in Paraguay by Argentine leader Manuel Belgrano during the Argentine War of Independence.
Chronology
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December 1810: On December 19, Belgrano crossed the Paraná River with the bulk of the revolutionary army and attacked the fortified position of Campichuelo, from where the royalists withdrew after a brief exchange of blows.
January 1811: In 1811, General Manuel Belgrano led his troops from the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata in a challenging march. They achieved a minor triumph at Maracaná, close to the Tebicuary River, during the Paraguayan War of Independence.
March 1811: A few days after the battle of Tacuarí the Argentine army left Paraguay.
December 1810: The patriots occupied the evacuated village of Itapúa without a fight.
November 1810: At the end October, having organized its forces into 4 divisions, and counting the Paraguayan José Machain as sergeant major in its ranks, the Argentinian army advanced northwards through the center of the province of Entre Ríos, avoiding crossing waterways.
January 1811: On January 19, the advance of Belgrano's army began the battle of Paraguarí. Despite the numerical disadvantage, 460 men against 6,000, the independentists managed to seize the enemy position. They skidded when the Paraguayans managed to regroup and counterattack, Belgrano was forced to retreat along the route by which he had come, but was not pursued.
April 1811: The failure of Belgrano led to a Paraguayan counterattack, following which the city of Corrientes was overrun and militarily occupied on 7 April.
January 1811: Belgrano showed up in Paraguay on January 15, 1811.
November 1810: Juan Ángel Michelena was a Spanish military officer who led the royalist forces in the region during the Argentine War of Independence. Concepción del Uruguay was a strategic town in the Entre Ríos Province of modern-day Argentina, which was part of Spanish America at the time.