<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-2 Meyi 1866, wabamba iqhaza eMpini yase-Estero Bellaco, ukucindezeleka komhlaba lapho amanzi oMfula iParaná ehlangana khona namanzi oMfula iParaguay, lapho isitha saqala khona ukubambezela amabutho ahlangene, efuna indawo engcono yokulwa. Ngo-24 May 1866, wayekhona ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi yaseTuyutí, impi enkulu kunazo zonke eNingizimu Melika, lapho adlala khona indima ebalulekile ekulawuleni isikhungo sedivayisi yezempi yebutho laseBrazil ngokumelene nokuhlaselwa kweParaguay. Wabhala ku-Order of the Day 56: Inkazimulo iwumvuzo oyigugu kunawo wonke wamaqhawe. NgoJulayi 15, 1866, namanje eTuyuti, ama-Allies ayelinde ukufika kwamabutho kaGeneral Count of Porto Alegre, ngenkathi isitha sishaya nsuku zonke. Elimale kakhulu empini futhi enganelisekile ngesikhathi eside sebutho elimisiwe, u-Osório wadlulisela umyalo wamasosha aseBrazil kuGeneral Polidoro da Fonseca Quintanilha Jordão. 