Lopez

FRANCISCO SOLANO, (lopaith,) a South American general, B. 1827, s. his father, Don Carlos Lopez, as Dictator of Paraguay in 1862; declared war against Brazil in 1864; commanded his army in person with various succe ; was defeated in a pitched battle fought on the banks of the Aquidavan River, March 1, 1870, and was slain while flying from the field. [s. 1]