Recent from talks
Paraguay campaign
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Paraguay campaign
The Paraguay campaign (1810-1811) was a military expedition launched by Buenos Aires and commanded by Manuel Belgrano to ensure the adherence of the Intendency of Paraguay to the Primera Junta, which was established after the May Revolution. It is considered both a part of the independence of Argentina and Paraguay.
The first battles fought were the Battle of Campichuelo and Battle of Campo Maracana, in which the Junta of Buenos Aires army claimed victory. However, they were completely vanquished in the subsequent Battle of Paraguarí and Battle of Tacuarí. The campaign ended in a military failure and Paraguay breaking its links with the Spanish crown just two months after Belgrano's withdrawal, starting its course towards full independence.
Three months after the creation of the Primera Junta, Manuel Belgrano was appointed Chief Commander of an army destined to gather support at Corrientes, Santa Fe, Paraguay and the Banda Oriental territories. A few days later his goal was made more specific: he must aim for Paraguay. The Junta had been informed that their image was favorable there, and a small army would suffice to take control. Trusting such information, Belgrano moved towards Paraguay with two possible goals—to guarantee loyalty for the Junta in Paraguay or promote a new government that would stay on friendly terms with Buenos Aires.
Belgrano headed north with nearly 200 men, expecting to gather more soldiers on his way to the Paraná River. Soldiers from the Blandengues regiments of San Nicolás and Santa Fe did join him en route, and later the junta sent reinforcements of another 200 soldiers. The army was welcomed by most of the population they encountered along the way, receiving donations and new recruits in most villages. Finally the small army grew to nearly 950 men, consisting of infantry and cavalry, divided into four divisions with one piece of artillery each.
"This Congress will not discuss whether it's the sodomite King (of Spain) or his weak son, our ruler. None of them have anymore power upon Paraguay. This Congress must discuss the way of protecting our independence from Brazil, Buenos Aires and Lima... Paraguay is free, is independent and it is a Republic..."
— José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, phD. Speech in the Paraguayan Congress of July 24th, 1810, according to F. Francisco Xavier de Bogarin.
Paraguay was a rather isolated region of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, which made the ideas of regional independence stronger than in other provinces of the Viceroyalty. The road to Paraguayan independence began at the Congress of July 24, 1810, which was called by the last colonial governor to express the province's loyalty to the Council of Regency of Spain. Paraguayans indeed refused to pledge themselves to the Primera Junta of Buenos Aires and agreed to remain loyal to the Council—yet the process of independence started here, as many Paraguayans, led by José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia and other patriots, took control of the situation and started working to obtain independence, both from the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Kingdom of Spain.
Belgrano ignored all this when he invaded Paraguay, believing that he would find a favorable political situation. There were three main political tendencies in Paraguay: those who supported the Council of Regency of the metropolis, those who supported the Junta of Buenos Aires and those who supported independence.
Hub AI
Paraguay campaign AI simulator
(@Paraguay campaign_simulator)
Paraguay campaign
The Paraguay campaign (1810-1811) was a military expedition launched by Buenos Aires and commanded by Manuel Belgrano to ensure the adherence of the Intendency of Paraguay to the Primera Junta, which was established after the May Revolution. It is considered both a part of the independence of Argentina and Paraguay.
The first battles fought were the Battle of Campichuelo and Battle of Campo Maracana, in which the Junta of Buenos Aires army claimed victory. However, they were completely vanquished in the subsequent Battle of Paraguarí and Battle of Tacuarí. The campaign ended in a military failure and Paraguay breaking its links with the Spanish crown just two months after Belgrano's withdrawal, starting its course towards full independence.
Three months after the creation of the Primera Junta, Manuel Belgrano was appointed Chief Commander of an army destined to gather support at Corrientes, Santa Fe, Paraguay and the Banda Oriental territories. A few days later his goal was made more specific: he must aim for Paraguay. The Junta had been informed that their image was favorable there, and a small army would suffice to take control. Trusting such information, Belgrano moved towards Paraguay with two possible goals—to guarantee loyalty for the Junta in Paraguay or promote a new government that would stay on friendly terms with Buenos Aires.
Belgrano headed north with nearly 200 men, expecting to gather more soldiers on his way to the Paraná River. Soldiers from the Blandengues regiments of San Nicolás and Santa Fe did join him en route, and later the junta sent reinforcements of another 200 soldiers. The army was welcomed by most of the population they encountered along the way, receiving donations and new recruits in most villages. Finally the small army grew to nearly 950 men, consisting of infantry and cavalry, divided into four divisions with one piece of artillery each.
"This Congress will not discuss whether it's the sodomite King (of Spain) or his weak son, our ruler. None of them have anymore power upon Paraguay. This Congress must discuss the way of protecting our independence from Brazil, Buenos Aires and Lima... Paraguay is free, is independent and it is a Republic..."
— José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, phD. Speech in the Paraguayan Congress of July 24th, 1810, according to F. Francisco Xavier de Bogarin.
Paraguay was a rather isolated region of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, which made the ideas of regional independence stronger than in other provinces of the Viceroyalty. The road to Paraguayan independence began at the Congress of July 24, 1810, which was called by the last colonial governor to express the province's loyalty to the Council of Regency of Spain. Paraguayans indeed refused to pledge themselves to the Primera Junta of Buenos Aires and agreed to remain loyal to the Council—yet the process of independence started here, as many Paraguayans, led by José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia and other patriots, took control of the situation and started working to obtain independence, both from the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Kingdom of Spain.
Belgrano ignored all this when he invaded Paraguay, believing that he would find a favorable political situation. There were three main political tendencies in Paraguay: those who supported the Council of Regency of the metropolis, those who supported the Junta of Buenos Aires and those who supported independence.
Recent media