Campanha da Cordilheira

IPhulo le Cordillera yaba wokugqibela ekhubekisayo eBrazil nxamnye Paraguay, ikhokelwa ngu Gaston d'Orleans, umzalwana Pedro II, soyisa abaseleyo imikhosi emzabalazweni Paraguay aze asithimbe ufile okanye uyaphila nguMongameli Solano López.

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Emva kokuthatha Asuncion, Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias, wala ukuba aqhubeke imfazwe, ngale, umlawuli laseBrazil elimisiweyo umzalwana wakhe, Count d'Eu ukuba baphathe iphulo lokuzingela Solano, imikhosi laseBrazil yayihlasela kwilizwe ezichithakeleyo ixhoba Lopez ubundlobongela, akuzange kube nzima ukufumana kwiinkampu zentolongo okanye yokulala Paraguay emgangathweni nemizana yayo endala.

 Campaign 

Battle of Children
Ke Gaston bahamba baya Paraguay zangaphakathi befuna Solano, ngoko ke ekugqibeleni ukufaka uzwilakhe Paraguay, imfazwe yokuqala enkulu yaba Battlefield Enkulu, apho López wathumela abantwana usebenzisa iindevu lobuxoki ubudala akwazi ukuphatha ilungelo a umpu okanye umpu, zamadoda abafazi noomama nabantwana, waseBrazil ngoko uhlaselwe Paraguayans babecinga ukuba umkhosi yobungcali, eqonda ukuba umkhosi abantwana, abasetyhini nabantu abadala ngubani na ukujolisa, kwaba sekupheleni kakhulu kwaye kwenziwa kubulawa. Umhla idabi ngoku Usuku lwabantwana e Paraguay. Kunye kubulawa sele yenziwe, intiyo phakathi Brazil nxamnye López wanda ngakumbi oku, waya nokuba benomfutho ngakumbi ngexesha leli phulo.

yamacala War
Ngelo xesha, amagqala ezininzi imfazwe weza kummangalela Conde d'Eu ukubamba mthetho imfazwe, phakathi kwabo, babeka umlilo phezu ingca apho wayelele amakhulu Paraguayans, ngokuchasene noko abaninzi bacinga Paraguayans ezinjalo ingengomajoni kwaye engaxhobanga ngokupheleleyo, nezinye iingxelo ndithi zodlwengulo, ukusetyenziswa Paraguayans njengamakhoboka phakathi kwezinye izinto, amabango anjalo azizange kuqinisekisa ngokusemthethweni, kodwa isiganeko kwenzeka, libonisa imfazwe ndikhohlakele yaye egazi ngayo, imfazwe eyahlukileyo kakhulu Silver imfazwe kwaye War of Uruguay. Namarhe namacala kwanceda ukwandisa unpopularity le Conde d'Eu, lowo wabonwa amehlo elibi Brazil.

Impi yokugcina
Emva kweminyaka yemfazwe neenyanga iivoti, imikhosi eBrazil umkhosi Paraguay ikhokelwa ngu Solano López ngokwakhe e Cerro uLindiwe, Kumbindi Paraguay, imikhosi laseBrazil malunga amajoni 4,500 wabulala 450 Paraguayans, abo balwa ngenkalipho nxamnye Brazil Lopez ngoxa balwa abatoli umkhonto Cape Chico uMtyholi, Lopez ngazama ukubaleka, kodwa ekugqibeleni wafa kunxweme Rio Aquidabán emva kokuba watshayiswa imbumbulu eBrazil ngale, beza ngokusemthethweni esiphelweni, imfazwe Paraguay.