Assault on Cabral and Lima Barros | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of the Paraguayan War | |||||||
![]() Ironclads coming to aid Cabral and Lima Barros | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
![]() |
![]() | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() |
![]() | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,100 | 6 ironclads | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
100[1]-400[2] killed and wounded |
86:[1] 16 killed 55 wounded 15 captured |
The assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima Barros was a naval action that took place at dawn on 2 March 1868, during the Paraguayan War, when Paraguayan canoes, yoked two by two, disguised with branches and with 50 soldiers each, approached the Brazilian ironclads Lima Barros and Cabral.
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search