Battle of Riachuelo

Battle of Riachuelo
	Part of the Paraguayan War
	; The Battle of Riachuelo (copy by Oscar Pereira da Silva of original by Victor Meirelles)
Date	11 June 1865
Location	Riachuelo stream, Corrientes, Argentina27°33′44″S 58°50′21″W
Result	Brazilian victory
Belligerents
Paraguay	Empire of Brazil
Commanders and leaders
Ignacio Meza (DOW)	Francisco Barroso
Strength
Ships: 2 corvettes; 6 steamboats; 7 barges; Total guns: 44; ; Forces on land: 22 cannons; 2 congreve batteries;	Ships: 1 frigate; 4 corvettes; 4 gunboats; Total guns: 58;
Casualties and losses
750 casualties; 4 steamers sunk; 7 barges sunk;	247: 104 killed; 123 wounded; 20 missing; 1 corvette sunk

The Battle of Riachuelo was a large and decisive naval battle of the Paraguayan War between Paraguay and the Empire of Brazil. By late 1864, Paraguay had scored a series of victories in the war, but on 11 June 1865, its naval defeat by the Brazilians on the Paraná River began to turn the tide in favor of the allies.

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