title: Second Battle of Tuyutí
text: # Second Battle of Tuyutí
  
  vteParaguayan War :
  
  Mato Grosso campaign
  
  Marquês de Olinda
  
  1st Corumbá
  
  Fort Novo de Coimbra
  
  Feio River
  
  Dourados
  
  Nioaque
  
  Anhambaí
  
  Fort Miranda
  
  Coxim
  
  Laguna
  
  Apa River
  
  2nd Corumbá
  
  Alegre
  
  Corrientes campaign
  
  Corrientes
  
  San Lorenzo River
  
  Rio Grande do Sul
  
  São Borja
  
  Butuí
  
  Uruguaiana
  
  Riachuelo
  
  Salto
  
  Paso de Mercedes
  
  Paso de Cuevas
  
  Yatay
  
  Pehuajó
  
  Jaguarí
  
  Humaitá campaign
  
  Purutué Bank
  
  Paso de Patria
  
  Laguna Sirena
  
  Itapirú
  
  Estero Bellaco
  
  Paso Cidra
  
  1st Tuyutí
  
  Yataytí Corá
  
  Boquerón
  
  Sauce
  
  Palmar
  
  Curuzú
  
  Curupayty
  
  Arroyo Hondo
  
  Hacienda Laguna
  
  Tuyú Cué
  
  1st Passage of Curupayty
  
  Pilar
  
  Ombú
  
  Estero Rojas
  
  Perecué
  
  Tatayibá
  
  Potrero Obella
  
  Humaitá
  
  Passage
  
  2nd Tuyutí
  
  Paso Ipohy
  
  2nd Passage of Curupayty
  
  Laguna Cierva
  
  Cabral and Lima Barros
  
  1st Iasuií
  
  2nd Iasuií
  
  Poí Island
  
  Barroso and Rio Grande
  
  Acayuazá
  
  Fortín Island
  
  Pikysyry campaign
  
  Yacaré
  
  Paso de Tebicuarí
  
  Surubí
  
  Pikysyry
  
  Dezembrada
  
  Ytororó
  
  Avay
  
  Lomas Valentinas
  
  Angostura
  
  San Fernando
  
  Asunción
  
  Cordilleras campaign
  
  Manduvirá River
  
  Concepción
  
  Ybytimí
  
  Tupí-hú
  
  Sapukái
  
  Diarte
  
  Piribebuy
  
  Acosta Ñu
  
  Piribebuy River
  
  Hondo River
  
  Itapytangua
  
  Tacuaty
  
  Curuguaty
  
  Hucuratí
  
  Loma Rugua
  
  Caguijuru–Caraguataí
  
  Iguatemi
  
  Río Verde
  
  Cambaceguá
  
  Lomaruguá
  
  Cerro Corá
  
  Miranda :
  
  The Second Battle of Tuyutí was fought on 3 November 1867 between the Paraguayan Army and a smaller allied Brazilian-Argentine force. The Paraguayans lost twice as many soldiers as the allies and were defeated.
  
  ## Background
  
  With the capture of Tayi on 2 November 1867 in the Paraguayan War, the Allied forces had the Paraguayan encampments of Humaitá and Curupayty along the Paraguay river encircled. General Mena Barreto had 5,000 men at Tayi, general Andrade Neves had a Brazilian division at Estancia San Solano, Marshal Caxias had 25,000 troops at Tuyucué and general Porto Alegre had 16,000 men at Tuyutí. Additionally, the Imperial Brazilian Navy had 18 steamers at Curuzú and 5 ironclads opposite to Humaitá. President Francisco Solano López decided to attack the Allied supply bases at Tuyutí and Itapirú on the Paraná $river.^{:75}$
  
  ## Battle
  
  The Paraguayan force of 9,000 men was under the command of brigadier general Vicente Barrios. They included two infantry divisions under colonels Giménez and González and a cavalry division under colonel Bernardino Caballero. The Paraguayan infantry were to attack from the east (from the area of Paso Yataytí Corá) in three columns at 04:30 on November 3. The cavalry was to make a wide sweep to the port of Itapirú and then charge the Allied rear.
  
  The Paraguayan infantry quickly took the outer Allied entrenchments and pushed back the second line into the supply camp. The Paraguayans set about pillaging when they were attacked in the supply camp by an Allied artillery redoubt under the command of general Porto Alegre, which consisted of 1,800 men and 14 guns. By the time the Paraguayan cavalry reached Tuyutí, their infantry was in retreat, and an Argentine cavalry brigade of 800 men, under the command of general Manuel Hornos, had arrived from Tuyucué. The fighting was over by $21:00.^{:76}$
  
  ## Aftermath
  
  Brigadier General Vicente Barrios was promoted to General of $Division.^{:77}$
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Brazilian headquarters at Tuyutí
  