Marquis de Caxias to General Don BartolomÉ Mitre, Commander-in-chief of the allied armies in the field against the government of Paraguay, July 28, 1867

Marquis de Caxias to General Mitre

Your Excellency: I have been favored by his excellency, General Don Juan A. Gelly Y. Obes, with the announcement of your excellency’s safe arrival at the camp in Tuyuti, for which I and the allied armies congratulate ourselves most cordially, awaiting the orders which your excellency as commander-in-chief may be pleased to transmit to me, in order that I may duly carry them out.

Meanwhile I beg herewith to inform your excellency that having undertaken a march at the head of the allied armies on the 22d instant, I took the direction of a pass called “Tio Domingo,” and wading at that point the Rojas stream, we followed in a line parallel with it, seeking the left of the enemy’s intrenched lines, where they have as it appears to me reconcentrated themselves, without, however, having up to now opposed any impediment to our march.

The position we occupy to-day is that of Neyute, which as your excellency knows is at about a short league distance from the Rojas stream and the Piris pass, and our communication with the base of operations remains as yet clear. This means that if your excellency, complying with the wishes of the allied armies, should decide upon coming and honor this camp with your presence, you can do so with the utmost safety.

It will be agreeable to me to hear that your excellency, notwithstanding the drawbacks generally attending a journey, has suffered no alteration in your health, which is so valuable.

I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your excellency the sincere assurances of esteem and high consideration with which I have the honor to be your excellency’s