Campaign of the Hills

Campaign of the Hills
	Part of the Paraguayan War
	; The Count of Eu and his military staff.
Date	July 1869 - March 1, 1870
Location	Central and Northern Paraguay
Result	Allied victory End of the Paraguayan War;
Belligerents
Paraguay; Paraguayan Army; Armed civilians;	Empire of Brazil; Imperial Army; ; Argentina; Argentine Army;
Commanders and leaders
Solano López †; Domingo Sánchez †; Bernardino Caballero; Juan Francisco López †;	Count of Eu; Correia da Câmara; Deodoro da Fonseca; Luis María Campos;
Strength
9,000	30,757
Casualties and losses
5,000 killed; 1,100 wounded; 1,200 captured	201 killed; 259 wounded

The Campaign of the Hills (Spanish: Campaña de las Cordilleras) was the last campaign of the Paraguayan War, lasting from July 1869 to the end of the war on March 1, 1870. The Paraguayans were completely defeated by the Allies. Brazilian writer Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay took part in the campaign and later wrote about it. At least 5,000 Paraguayans were killed during this campaign.

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