Battle of Tarapacá
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| Battle of Tarapacá | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Pacific | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Peru | Chile | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Andrés Cáceres | Eleuterio Ramírez | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,200 | 3,000 infantry 10 field guns |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| 236 killed, 261 wounded, 76 missing |
516 killed, 176 wounded, 60 captured |
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| War of the Pacific |
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| Topáter - Chipana - Iquique - Angamos - Pisagua - San Francisco - Tarapacá - Tacna - Arica - San Juan - Miraflores - Callao - La Concepción - Huamachuco - San Pablo |
The Battle of Tarapacá was fought on November 27, 1879 between Chile and Peru. The Chilean General Erasmo Escala sent about a small force with 6 Krupp rifles and 4 La Hitte smoothbores, under the command of Lt. Coronel Eleuterio Ramírez to attack the Peruvians who were led by Coronel Andrés Avelino Cáceres, thinking them disorganized and demoralized. The Chileans, however, had underestimated the size of the Peruvian army, and as a result, they were defeated and their guns captured.
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