Mato Grosso campaign

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Mato Grosso campaign
Part of the War of the Triple Alliance
Date December 1864 Location Mato Grosso, Brazil Result Initial Paraguayan conquest
Belligerents
Paraguay	Empire of Brazil
Commanders
Francisco Solano López

v • d • e War of the Triple Alliance Mato Grosso – Rio Grande do Sul – Corrientes – Riachuelo – Jataí – Estero Bellaco– Tuyutí – Curupaity – Piquissiri – Itororó – Avaí – Campaign of the Hills – Acosta Ñu – Cerro Corá

The Mato Grosso campaign was an early Paraguayan offensive in the War of the Triple Alliance. Paraguay captured the Brazilian province of Mato Grosso, but it was a Pyrrhic victory, since the attackers obtained little gain in it. The Province of Mato Grosso was scarcely populated and with no more than two hundred soldiers and officers to defend it in 1864.