In October 1868 soldiers of the Triple Alliance crossed Paraguay’s Pikysyry Creek into the Chaco region to outflank enemy defenses in the closing stages of the war. By then the conflict, starvation and disease had claimed more than half of Paraguay’s population. (Harper’s Weekly, New York, Harper’s Magazine Co., Oct. 24, 1868)
Harper’s Weekly, New York, Harper’s Magazine Co., Oct. 24, 1868