 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure memusangano, maAllies akafamba achipinda munharaunda yeParaguayan, achisvika pamutsetse wekudzivirira weCurupayty. Vachivimba nehukuru hwavo hwehuwandu uye mukana wekurwisa divi remutsetse wekudzivirira kuburikidza neRwizi rweParaguay vachishandisa ngarava dzeBrazil, maAllies akaita kurwiswa kwepamberi pamutsetse wekudzivirira, uchitsigirwa nemoto wepadivi wengarava dzehondo. Zvisinei, maParaguayan, aitungamirirwa naGeneral José E. Díaz, akamira akasimba munzvimbo dzavo uye akagadzirira kurwa kwekudzivirira, achikonzera kukuvadza kukuru kumasoja eAllied akarwisa, achikonzera kurasikirwa kwevanhu vanopfuura zviuru zvisere pauto reBrazil-Argentina kurwisa vasingasviki mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu kurasikirwa kwevaParaguayan. Hondo yeCurupaytykwakaguma nokukurirwa kunenge kunoparadza kwemauto eAllied, kuchigumisa kudenha kwavo kwemwedzi gumi, kusvikira muna July 1867. 