Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Imwe hondo huru yegungwa yakaitika muna 1868;
Passage yeHumaitá yaive basa rehondo yerwizi - yakanyanya kuuraya munhoroondo yeSouth America - umo simba rezvikepe zvitanhatu zveBrazil Navy zvakarayirwa kuti zvipfuure pasi pezvombo zveFortress yeHumaitá paRwizi rweParaguay. Vamwe vacherekedzi vane unyanzvi vakanga vasina kwavakarerekera vakanga vafunga kuti chiito chacho chakanga chisingabviri. Chinangwa chemufambiro uyu chaive chekumisa maParaguay kuti asapezve nhare nerwizi, uye kupa maAllies kukunda kwakanyanya kukurudzira mushure memakore mana ehondo inopedza simba. Kuedza kwakaitika musi wa 19 Kukadzi 1868 uye kwakabudirira, kudzorera mukurumbira wehondo yeBrazil uye chikwereti chemari cheHumambo hweBrazil, uye kukonzera maParaguay kuti vabvise guta ravo guru Asunción. Vamwe vanyori vakarangarira kuti chakanga chiri chinjo kana kuti chinoitika chikuru chehondo. Nhare, panguva iyoyo yakanga yakakomberedzwa chose chose nemauto eAllied panyika kana kuti yakavharirwa nemvura, yakatorwa musi wa 25 July 1868.