Page "History of Paraguay" Paragraph 73

Apart from some Paraguayan victories on the northern front, the war was a disaster for Solano López.

The core units of the Paraguayan army reached Corrientes in April 1865.

By July, more than half of Paraguay's 30, 000-man invasion force had been killed or captured along with the army's best small arms and artillery.

The war quickly became a desperate struggle for Paraguay's survival.