Occupation of Coxim
# Occupation of Coxim

vteParaguayan War :

Mato Grosso campaign

Marquês de Olinda

1st Corumbá

Fort Novo de Coimbra

Feio River

Dourados

Nioaque

Anhambaí

Fort Miranda

Coxim

Laguna

Apa River

2nd Corumbá

Alegre

Corrientes campaign

Corrientes

San Lorenzo River

Rio Grande do Sul

São Borja

Butuí

Uruguaiana

Riachuelo

Salto

Paso de Mercedes

Paso de Cuevas

Yatay

Pehuajó

Jaguarí

Humaitá campaign

Purutué Bank

Paso de Patria

Laguna Sirena

Itapirú

Estero Bellaco

Paso Cidra

1st Tuyutí

Yataytí Corá

Boquerón

Sauce

Palmar

Curuzú

Curupayty

Arroyo Hondo

Hacienda Laguna

Tuyú Cué

1st Passage of Curupayty

Pilar

Ombú

Estero Rojas

Perecué

Tatayibá

Potrero Obella

Humaitá

Passage

2nd Tuyutí

Paso Ipohy

2nd Passage of Curupayty

Laguna Cierva

Cabral and Lima Barros

1st Iasuií

2nd Iasuií

Poí Island

Barroso and Rio Grande

Acayuazá

Fortín Island

Pikysyry campaign

Yacaré

Paso de Tebicuarí

Surubí

Pikysyry

Dezembrada

Ytororó

Avay

Lomas Valentinas

Angostura

San Fernando

Asunción

Cordilleras campaign

Manduvirá River

Concepción

Ybytimí

Tupí-hú

Sapukái

Diarte

Piribebuy

Acosta Ñu

Piribebuy River

Hondo River

Itapytangua

Tacuaty

Curuguaty

Hucuratí

Loma Rugua

Caguijuru–Caraguataí

Iguatemi

Río Verde

Cambaceguá

Lomaruguá

Cerro Corá

Miranda :

Occupation of Coxim was a Paraguayan military operation led by Colonel Francisco Isidoro Resquín that resulted in the capture of the village of Coxim, now Mato Grosso do Sul, during the Paraguayan War. Colonel Resquín detached 300 soldiers and some cannons from Miranda, the base camp for the invaders, and headed for the village. The column advanced on horseback and encountered great difficulties in the 120 kilometers of almost impassable terrain. On April 24, 1865, Resquín's column reached the village and found it almost abandoned. Coxim's defense was in charge of only seven Brazilian squares, under the command of retired captain Antônio Pedro dos Santos. The fight was fast and without casualties on the Paraguayan side. The resisters withdrew to Cuiabá and the invaders looted and burned the village. On their return, Paraguayan troops lost 50 soldiers to diseases and injuries from the march.

Panic started in Cuiabá when the news of the fall of Coxim arrived. It was said that the Paraguayans were marching to the capital with 8,000 soldiers and a large number of cannons and horses, which never occurred.

