Order of Battle at Tacna

The Battle at Tacna was an engagement during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) between Chile and the Allied Forces of Peru and Bolivia. It was fought on May 20, 1880, with the forces aligned as follows:

Chilean North Operations Army

The Chilean Army was under the command of General Manuel Baquedano Gonzalez, with Colonel Velasquez as his Chief of Staff. The army was divided into five infantry divisions, with three cavalry regiments and thirty seven artillery pieces as it follows:

I Division (Col. Santiago Amengual)

Strength: 2,700 men

- Esmeralda Infantry Regimient (Col. Santiago Amengual) (8 companies)
- Navales Infantry Battalion (Col. Martiniano Urriola) (4 companies)
- Chillán Infantry Battalion (Juan Vargas Pinochet) (4 companies)
- Valparaíso Infantry Battalion (Jacinto Niño) (3 companies)

II Division (Lt. Colonel Francisco Barcelo)

Strength: 1,858 men

- 2nd Line Infantry Regiment (Colonel Estanislao del Canto)
- Santiago Infantry Regiment (Lt. Col Francisco Barcelo)
- Atacama Infantry Regiment (Lt. Col. Juan Martinez)

III Division (Col. Jose Domingo Amunategui)

Strength: 1,858 men

- Artillería de Marina Infantry Regiment
- Coquimbo Infantry Battalion
- Chacabuco Infantry Battalion

IV Division (Col. Orozimbo Barbosa)

Strength: 2,285 men

- Lautaro Infantry Battalion
- Cazadores del Desierto Infantry Battalion
- Zapadores Infantry Battalion (Lt. Col. Ricardo Santa Cruz)

Reserve (Col. Mauricio Muñoz)

Strength: 2,335 men

- "Buin" 1st Line Infantry Regiment (Col. Juan Leon Garcia)
- 3rd Line Infantry Regiment (Col. Ricardo Castro)
- 4th Line Infantry Regiment (Col. Luis Solo de Zaldívar)

Cavalry

- Granaderos Regiment (Horse Grenadiers)
- Cazadores Regiment (Light Cavalry)
- Carabineros de Yungay Regiment (Light Cavalry-Carabiners)

Artillery

- 37 cannons and 4 machine guns from the 1st Artillery Regiment

Allies

Strength: 13,650 men

I Southern Peruvian Army

I Division (Col. Justo Pastor Davila)
- Lima Nº 11 Battalion
- Cazadores de Cuzco Battalion

II Division (Col. Andres Avelino Caceres)
- Zepita Battalion
- Cazadores de Misti Battalion

III Division (Col. Belisario Suarez)
- Arica Battalion
- Pisagua Battalion

IV Division (Col. Jacinto Mendoza)
- Victoria Battalion
- Huascar Battalion

V Division (Col. Alejandro Herrera)
- Ayacucho Battalion
- Arequipa Battalion

VI Division (Cesar Canevaro)
- Lima Nº 21 Battalion
- Cazadores del Rimac Battalion (Col. Víctor Fajardo)

Nacionales Division (Col. del Solar)
- Formed by civilians and policemen of Tacna (the latter from the Peruvian Civil Guard)

Cavalry
- Husares de Junin Squadron
- Gendarmes de Tacna Squadron
- Guias Squadron
- Flanqueadores de Tacna Squadron

Artillery
- 10 cannons and 3 machine guns

Bolivian Army

I Division (Col. Severino Zapata)
- Viedma Battalion
- Padilla Battalion
- Sucre Battalion

II Division (Col. Claudio Acosta)
- Tarija Battalion
- Chorolque Battalion
- Grau Battalion
- Loa Battalion

III Division (Col. Idelfonso Murgia)
- Murillo Battalion
- Alianza Battalion (known as the "Bolivian Colorados") (See also: Bolivian Colorados Regiment)

IV Division (Col. Alfonso Gonzalez)
- Aroma Battalion

Cavalry
- Husares Squadron
- Coraceros Squadron

Artillery

6 cannons and 4 machine guns

Bibliography

Pelayo, Mauricio. "Battle of Tacna". Retrieved 2008.

War of the Pacific

Participants

Allied	Peru Bolivia

South	Chile

Timeline

preliminary	Atacama border dispute Boundary Treaty of 1866 between Chile and Bolivia Secret treaty of alliance between Peru and Bolivia of 1873 Boundary Treaty of 1874 between Chile and Bolivia

1879	Naval Maneuvers Naval Campaign of the War of the Pacific Blockade of Iquique Naval Battles Battle of Chipana Battle of Iquique Battle of Punta Gruesa Battle of Angamos Amphibious Battle of Pisagua Land Battles Land Campaign of the War of the Pacific Battle of Topater Tarapacá Campaign Battle of Tarapacá Battle of San Francisco

1880	Tacna and Arica Campaign Battle of Arica Bombardment of Callao Battle of Los Ángeles Battle of Tacna Order of Battle at Tacna

1881	Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos Chorrillos order of battle Battle of Miraflores Occupation of Lima Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina Battle of Sangra

1882	Battle of La Concepción Battle of Pucará

1883	Battle of Huamachuco

Ending	Treaty of Ancón Treaty of Valparaíso Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1904 between Chile and Bolivia Treaty of Lima (1929)

Aspects

General	Toro Submarino

Aftermath	Chilean–Peruvian maritime dispute Puna de Atacama dispute

Personal

Peru	Miguel Grau Francisco Bolognesi Andres Caceres Mariano Ignacio Prado Alfonso Ugarte Mariano Bustamante Nicolás de Piérola Lizardo Montero Flores Melitón Carvajal Mariano Bustamante Juan Buendía Juan Fanning Juan Guillermo More Miguel Iglesias Mariano Ignacio Prado Francisco García Calderón Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez

Bolivia	Eduardo Abaroa Ladislao Cabrera Narciso Campero Hilarion Daza

Chile	Irene Morales José Luis Araneda Carrasco Manuel Baquedano Orozimbo Barbosa Manuel Bulnes Pinto Estanislao del Canto Ignacio Carrera Pinto Carlos Condell Luis Cruz Martínez Erasmo Escala Alejandro Gorostiaga Tomás Guevara Pedro Lagos Juan José Latorre Patricio Lynch Arturo Prat Pedro Julio Quintavalla Eleuterio Ramírez Molina Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez Roberto Silva Renard Robert Souper Howard Hernán Trizano Luis Uribe Gregorio Urrutia José Velásquez Bórquez Juan Williams Rebolledo Manuel Montt Torres Jorge Montt Álvarez Domingo Santa María Aníbal Pinto Alberto Blest Gana

Others	Abel Dupetit-Thouars Roque Saenz Pena

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