Qualla: Battle of the Tonelero Pass https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/j/3/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of the Tonelero Pass https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass Battle of the Tonelero Pass: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass/ Photo credit Trajano Augusto de Carvalho, 1876–1942, CC BY-SA 2.0. On the flagship steaming up the Parana that December morning stood two men who would each, one day, govern Argentina: Bartolome Mitre and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. They were exiles, riding a Brazilian squadron commanded by a British-born admiral, bound for a war against the strongman who ruled their country. Above them, on the cliff of Acevedo, waited the same general who had chained this river six years earlier. The Battle of the Tonelero Pass, fought on 17 December 1851, was a single hour of thunder over the water - and a hinge in Argentine history.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/j/3/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-wp/6dj3-battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of the Tonelero Pass: The River Always Mattered https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass/ Photo credit Eduardo de Martino, Public domain. By 1851 the Parana had become, once again, the road to power. Juan Manuel de Rosas still dominated Buenos Aires and the Argentine Confederation, but his old ally Justo Jose de Urquiza, the powerful governor of Entre Rios, had turned against him, and Brazil had joined the coalitio...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/j/3/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-wp/6dj3-battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-the-river-always-mattered.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of the Tonelero Pass: Grenfell's Squadron https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass/ Photo credit Eduardo de Martino, Public domain. Eight Brazilian warships approached the cliff of Acevedo, near the Tonelero pass on the river's west bank. Four were steam corvettes - the Dom Pedro, Dom Pedro II, Dom Afonso, and Recife - and they towed two sailing corvettes and a brig against the current. The fleet was commande...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/j/3/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-wp/6dj3-battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-grenfells-squadron.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of the Tonelero Pass: An Hour of Iron https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass/ Photo credit Eduardo de Martino, Public domain. Holding the heights was Lucio Norberto Mansilla, brother-in-law of Rosas and the architect of the famous chain defense at Obligado. He had sixteen guns and some two thousand men. For one hour the Argentine batteries threw more than 450 rounds at the passing ships. The fire killed...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/j/3/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-wp/6dj3-battle-of-the-tonelero-pass-an-hour-of-iron.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of the Tonelero Pass: The General Who Walked Away https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-tonelero-pass/ Photo credit Eduardo de Martino, Public domain. What happened next was almost stranger than the battle. Mansilla, convinced the Brazilian division meant to land directly on his position, withdrew - leaving his artillery and equipment behind on the cliff. The defense that might have bled the invasion dissolved without a final s...

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