Wenceslao Robles (1820-6 January 1866) was a Paraguayan Army brigadier general who fought in the Paraguayan War.
Biography[]
Wenceslao Robles was born in Santisima Trinidad, Paraguay in 1820, and he served in the Paraguayan Army, reaching the rank of brigadier general by the start of the Paraguayan War in 1864. He commanded the fortress of Humaita and led the Corrientes Campaign in northern Argentina until President Francisco Isidoro Resquin dismissed Robles for complaining about his troops' lack of coats. Robles was sentenced to death for failing to comply with orders and was shot at the Paso de Patria Camp on 6 January 1866.