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Siege of Humaitá. The siege of Humaitá was a military operation in which the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) flanked, besieged and captured the Fortress of Humaitá, a Paraguayan stronghold that was referred to as the Gibraltar of South America. It fell on 26 July 1868.
- 22 July 1867 – 26 July 1868, (1 year and 4 days)
- Allied victory
The siege of Humaitá was a military operation in which the Triple Alliance flanked, besieged and captured the Fortress of Humaitá, a Paraguayan stronghold that was referred to as the Gibraltar of South America. It fell on 26 July 1868. It can be considered the key event of the Paraguayan War since the fortress had frustrated the allied advance into Paraguay for more than two years. However ...
- 22 July 1867-26 July 1868(1 year and 4 days)
- Allied victory
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The Fortress of Humaitá (1854–68), known metaphorically as the Gibraltar of South America, was a Paraguayan military installation near the mouth of the River Paraguay. A strategic site without equal in the region, "a fortress the likes of which had never been seen in South America", it was "the key to Paraguay and the upper rivers".
The Battle of Tuyuti, on May 24, 1866, was the largest battle of the grueling five-year War of the Triple Alliance. Paraguayans Besieged. Beginning in the last week of May and continuing through August, Allied forces made an ever-enfolding encirclement of Humaita.
During the war, Humaitá provided Paraguay with its principal defensive bastion; it warded off a thirteen-month Allied siege that started in June 1867. During this period a series of bloody engagements was fought along the periphery of the fort, leaving perhaps as many as 100,000 dead.
The Humaitá campaign or the Cuadrilátero campaign was the third, longest and deadliest campaign of the Paraguayan War. The campaign lasted from 16 April 1866 to 5 August 1868. After the initial Paraguayan success in the Mato Grosso campaign and its failure in the Corrientes campaign, the armed forces of the Triple Alliance, Argentina, the ...
Dec 15, 2020 · This defeat resulted in a change of leadership for the Allies and the suspension of the offensive for 10 months. The Allied campaign set their sights on the monstrous fortress of Humaita and the fortress fell after a lengthy siege. With Humaita out of the way, the Allies marched towards Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay.
