The Battle of Pisagua ("Desembarco y combate de Pisagua"), was a landing operation of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 2, 1879, between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru. The Chilean army commanded by Erasmo Escala, supported by the Chilean Fleet, launched an amphibious assault on the port of Pisagua and successfully drove the defending Bolivian-Peruvian forces, led by Gen. Juan Buendia, back from the shore. They established a beachhead that allowed an initial force of about 1,000 Chilean soldiers in two assault waves to disembark onto Peruvian territory at Pisagua in Tarapacá Department. This region was the principal territory in dispute.
This action marked the beginning of the Tarapacá Campaign, the first stage of the terrestrial phase of the War of the Pacific, which ended with Chilean control of the Tarapacá and of the exportation of saltpetre. This vast territory has never been returned to Bolivia and Peru; it was annexed in perpetuity to Chile by the Treaty of Ancon, signed in 1884.
The BattleofPisagua ("Desembarco y combate de Pisagua"), was a landing operation of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 2, 1879, between Chile...
1871, American attack on Korean forts at Ganghwa Island War of the Pacific BattleofPisagua – 2 November 1879, Chilean troops defeat a joint Peruvian-Bolivian...
saw coordination of army, navy and specialized units. The first amphibious assault of this war took place during the BattleofPisagua when 2,100 Chilean...
Prat" in his honor. The navy further distinguished itself during the BattleofPisagua in 1879, led by both the Navy and the Marine Artillery Groups and...
planned after the fall ofPisagua, Daza, coming from Arica, decided in Camarones (44 km from Pisagua) to give up his part of the counterattack and return...
Battle of Rancagua 2 November - anniversary of the victory in the BattleofPisagua 30 November - Chilean Gendarmerie Day The first military parade on...
After a year of negotiations with the islanders under Atamu Tekena, on September 9, 1888, he took possession of the island on behalf of Chile. In 1891...
The Battleof Miraflores occurred on January 15, 1881 in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru. It was an important battle during the War of the Pacific...
The Battleof San Juan, also known as the Battleof San Juan and Chorrillos, was the first of two battles in the Lima Campaign during the War of the Pacific...
command of the cavalry. In November 1879 he disembarked his troops in Pisagua under orders from infantry commander General Erasmo Escala. This manoeuvre...
participate directly in combat in the BattleofPisagua, Battleof Dolores and Battleof Los Ángeles during the War of the Pacific. Valdivia, Francisca (4...
power In one of the first naval tactical moves of the war, the Peruvian port of Iquique was blocked by of the Chilean Navy. In the Battleof Iquique, which...
the War of the Pacific dressed as a man. 1879: Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea serve in the Chilean army during the BattleofPisagua, Battleof Dolores...
The Battleof Chipana took place on 12 April 1879, during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. It was the first naval engagement between both...
the Chilean Army disembarked at Pisagua on 2 November and drove the Allies inland. The Chilean Army claimed a series of victories at Germania and San Francisco...
The Battleof San Francisco was an engagement during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) between Chile and the Allied Forces of Peru and Bolivia. It was...
San Francisco Saltpeter Office, about 30 kilometers south east of the port ofPisagua. Allied forces under General Juan Buendía launched an attack on...
Chile from 1825 to 1879 for the territories of the Atacama Coast due to the different views of both countries of the territory inherited from the Spanish...
named commandant of the civic battalion Coquimbo Nº1. Participated in the BattleofPisagua. But the most important participation of this Chilean military...
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