Battle of Pehuajó

Battle of Pehuajó
	Part of the Paraguayan War
Date	31 January 1866
Location	Corrientes Province, Argentina.
Result	Paraguayan victory
Belligerents
Paraguay	Argentina; Uruguay;
Commanders and leaders
Isidoro Resquín; Celestino Prieto;	Emilio Conesa
Strength
1,500	2,000
Casualties and losses
609:; 200 killed; 400 wounded; 9 captured	402:; 88 killed; 314 wounded

The Battle of Pehuajó, also known as Battle of Corrales or Battle of Itati was fought during the Paraguayan War on 31 January 1866.

Around 1,500 Paraguayan troops commanded by general Francisco Isidoro Resquín and lieutenant Celestino Prieto engaged in a surprise attack against a couple of advanced Argentine and Uruguayan battalions with about 2,000 men led by general Emilio Conesa, under direct command of the president of Argentina, Bartolomé Mitre.

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