Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias

Battles of Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias

Brazilian hero and politician (1803-1880)

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1843 and 1868: 2 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Paraguay (2), Uruguay (1), Argentina (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,203 km apart end to end, 401 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Paraguayan War (3), Uruguayan Civil War (1).

Great Siege of MontevideoSiege of HumaitáBattle of YtororóPikysyry maneuverGreat Siege of MontevideoSiege of HumaitáBattle of YtororóPikysyry maneuverBuenos AiresPorto AlegreCuritibaCórdobaFlorianópolisMendozaRosarioTucumánSaltaSanta Fe500 km30.158S, 57.334W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1843: 1 engagements1867: 1 engagements1868: 2 engagements2 in 186818431868
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Great Siege of Montevideo, 1843Siege of Humaitá, 1867Battle of Ytororó, 1868Pikysyry maneuver, 186818431868
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
August 1843Great Siege of MontevideoMontevideo, UruguayCeasefire agreement; The siege is relieved after the...
2 November 1867Siege of HumaitáHumaitá, Paraguay895 km NAllied victory
1868Battle of YtororóYtororó stream, Paraguay204 km NEBrazilian victory
1868Pikysyry maneuverArgentina104 km SWAllied victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Goupil, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.