"Combate de Yataity Corá 10-11 de julio de 1866 " Topic
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Tango01 | 19 Jul 2018 9:41 p.m. PST |
Good article here… "A fines de junio de 1866 López había remontado nuevamente su ejército a un total de 20000 hombres, pero apelando en gran parte a viejos, niños y soldados enfermos o heridos dados de alta. Pese a la gravedad de la situación, «tenía la convicción de derrotar a los aliados y se decidió a provocarlos». El Mariscal creía haber encontrado un punto débil en la derecha aliada cerca del amplio palmar llamado Yataity Corá. En vanguardia frente al palmar, el llamado Paso Leguizamón, paso de los esteros que comunicaba con el campamento aliado, era custodiado por una reducida guardia de milicias de la Guardia Nacional argentina, dos compañías del batallón Libertad de Catamarca (3ª División del I Cuerpo del Ejército Argentino) al mando del mayor Maximino Matoso, sin experiencia de combate y recientemente arribadas de esa provincia argentina, contando sólo con reducido apoyo de caballería…."
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Royal Marine | 22 Jul 2018 2:53 a.m. PST |
"At the end of June 1866 Lopez had again remounted his army to a total of 20000 men, but largely appealing to old, sick or wounded children and soldiers discharged. Despite the gravity of the situation, "he had the conviction to defeat the Allies and decided to provoke them." The marshal believed to have found a weak point in the allied right near the broad palmar called Yataity Corá. In front of the palmar, the so-called Paso Leguizamón, the passage of the mats that communicated with the Allied camp, was guarded by a small militia guard of the Argentine National Guard, two companies of the Freedom Battalion of Catamarca (3rd Division Of the I Corps of the Argentine Army) commanded by Major Maximino Matoso, with no experience of combat and recently arrived from that province of Argentina, counting only with reduced support of cavalry…. " |
Tango01 | 22 Jul 2018 3:44 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the translation…. Amicalement Armand |
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