Battle of Lomas Valentinas

Battle of Lomas Valentinas
	Part of the Paraguayan War
	; Battle of Lomas Valentinas
Date	December 21–27, 1868
Location	Itá Ybaté, Central Department, Paraguay
Result	Decisive Allied victory
Belligerents
Paraguay Paraguayan Army; Armed civilians;	Empire of Brazil Imperial Army; ; Argentina Argentine Army; ; Uruguay Uruguayan Army;
Commanders and leaders
Francisco Solano López	Duke of Caxias; Gen. Andrade Neves; Juan Andrés Gelly y Obes
Strength
10,000 initially; 7,600 at the end of the battle	21,142 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Heavy, at least 1,000; hundreds of Prisioneros	High

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The Battle of Lomas Valentinas (also known as the Battle of Ita Ybate) was fought in the Central Department of Paraguay on December 21–27, 1868. The Paraguayan Army, led personally by President Francisco Solano Lopez, consisted of 10,000 soldiers, half of them children, against more than 20,000 allied troops. Both sides suffered heavy losses and the Paraguayan force, outnumbered by more than 2 to 1, were decisively defeated. On December 30, 1868, the Paraguayan garrison at Angostura, with 740 soldiers and 16 cannons, surrendered to the Allies, opening the way to the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion.

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