Complete the following sentence: López, believing that he could deal a fatal blow to the Allies, launched a major offensive with 25,000 men against 35,000 Allied soldiers at the
Battle of Tuyutí on 24 May 1866, one of the bloodiest battles in Latin-American history. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Both sides sustained heavy losses: more than 12,000 casualties for Paraguay versus 6,000 for the Allies.<unk> Both sides sustained heavy losses: more than 12,000 casualties for Paraguay versus 6,000 for the Allies.