Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí

Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí
	Part of the Paraguayan War
	; Gunboat Anhambaí
Date	January 6, 1865
Location	São Lourenço River, Mato Grosso do Sul, Empire of Brazil
Result	Paraguayan victory; Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí
Belligerents
Paraguay Paraguayan Navy;	Brazil Imperial Navy;
Commanders and leaders
unknown	Captan José Israel Alves Guimarães
Strength
2 Corvettes	1 Gunboat; 34 soldiers

The Capture of the Amambaí steam occurred on January 6, 1865, when the Paraguayan corvettes Iporá and Rio Apa attacked the Amambaí gunboat, after the people who had been evacuated from the Fort of Coimbra and Corumbá landed in Sará. Iporá rammed the gunboat Amambaí, throwing it against the bank, near Morro do Caracará.[1]

References

Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras [Dictionary of Brazilian Battles] (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Ibrasa. p. 519. ISBN 8534800340.

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[1] Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras [Dictionary of Brazilian Battles] (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Ibrasa. p. 519. ISBN 8534800340.