Assault on the battleships Barroso and Rio Grande
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Assault on the battleships Barroso and Rio Grande
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The assault on the battleship Barroso and the monitor Rio Grande, also known as assault on the battleships at Tagy, was a Paraguayan naval operation carried out during the Paraguayan War. The Imperial Brazilian Navy was present in the main actions of the allied forces. President Francisco Solano López knew of the threat that the navy posed and wanted to capture some of its ships, the ironclads. The seizure was also seen as a form of compensation for the losses incurred as a result of the war. As
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Battle in the Paraguayan War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_on_the_battleships_Barroso_and_Rio_Grande
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2024-02-29T22:51:01Z
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