Nicanor Cáceres

	Nicanor Cáceres Nicanor Cáceres (1813-1870) was an Argentine general and rancher. He was one of the key Argentine military generals during the Argentine Civil Wars as well as the Paraguayan invasion of Corrientes. Military career He was the son of a D. Marcelo Cáceres who was Spanish merchant, who shortly after would buy the ranch El Paraíso, a huge estate near Curuzú Cuatiá and D. Francisca Rodríguez who had a modest social position. Since 1824, he specialized in commanding men and managing estates and was a volunteer soldier of the border militias of southern Corrientes, and made a long career under the orders of General Manuel Vicente Ramírez. He fought in the Battles of Pago Largo, Caaguazú and Arroyo Grande. He remained in rebellion in the mountains of the south of the province, until in 1843, he supported Joaquín Madariaga's invasion of Corrientes, and his participation allowed them to advance without problems throughout the south of the province. With that they were able to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Curuzú Cuatiá Curuzú Cuatiá is a city in the south of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 34,000 inhabitants at the , and is the head town of the Curuzú Cuatiá Department. The area has an undulated terrain, with many small rivers and streams that empty into the Paraná River in the west, or into the Uruguay River in the east. The climate is wet subtropical, with uniformly distributed annual rainfall of 1,200 mm on average. The average temperatures are 14.5 °C (winter) and 26 °C (summer), with recorded extremes of −3 °C and 44 °C respectively. The city is served by an airport , located at . History The name ''Curuzú Cuatiá'' is of Guaraní origin and means "Engraved Cross". The early settlers (Spanish ''conquistadores'' and Jesuit missionaries from Uruguay) called it ''Posta de Cruz'' since the site was a crossroads, marked by a large cross with an inscription. After the May Revolution that initiated the struggle for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Battle Of Vences A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	José María Rolón José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]