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The church and the river at Humaita. Almost every Paraguayan has an ancestor buried in the sands of this benighted fort. At the height of the War of the Triple Alliance, the Brazilians were lobbing 4,000 shells a day over its ramparts.
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The church and the river at Humaita. Almost every Paraguayan has an ancestor buried in the sands of this benighted fort. At the height of the War of the Triple Alliance, the Brazilians were lobbing 4,000 shells a day over its ramparts. |