 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mhedzisiro isingadiwi yekurwiswa kwaMelo yakanga iri yokuti Paraguay yakazivisa hondo kuBrazil mukupera kwa 1864. VaParaguay vakapinda mumatunhu eMato Grosso mazuva ano anonzi Mato Grosso do Sul neRio Grande do Sul. José Luís akashanda muKukombwa kweUruguuaianaizvo zvakaguma, muna September 1865, mukuzviisa pasi kweuto rose reParaguayan iro rakanga ratora taundi reBrazil reUruguaiana. Pana 22 March 1866, José Luís akapiwa murairo weboka rechipiri revatasvi vemabhiza, chikamu cheboka reuto re1. Akarwa muhondo yeEstero Bellaco musi wa 2 Chivabvu uye muhondo yekutanga yeTuyutí musi wa 24 Chivabvu. PaTuyutí José Luís akapfurwa chiso nepfuti yacho ichipinda nerumwe ruoko ichibva yabuda nerumwe. Akasiyiwa aine mavanga anotyisa aiita kuti aite seaiva nokunyemwerera kwakashata pachiso chake. Akareba uye akaonda, José Luís airatidzika kuva asina kunaka pakutanga, murangariro wokuti kushatiswa kwacho kwakangokura. Chaizvoizvo akanga ari munhu ane mutsa uye ane ushamwari, maererano nomunyori wenhau dzakaitika Gustavo Barroso, uyo somutungamiriri aiziva nzira yokugadza nayo chirango chakasimba pasina kukuvadza kudada kwavaranda vake. 