 Complete the following phrase:  Instead of advancing to the capital, already evacuated and bombarded, Caxias went south and attacked the Paraguayans from the rear in December 1868, in an offensive which became known as Dezembrada. Caxias troops were ambushed while crossing the Itororó during an initial advance, during which the Paraguayans inflicted severe damage on the Brazilian armies. But days later the Allies destroyed a whole Paraguayan division at the 