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The Expulsion of Chileans from Bolivia and Peru in 1879 was an ethnic cleansing ordered by of the governments of Bolivia (on 1 March 1879) and Peru (on 15 April 1879). The expulsion took place at the beginning of the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) between Chile and Peruvian-Bolivian alliance. Chilean citizens (about 30,000 [1] to 40,000 in ...
The Treaty of Defensive Alliance [A] was a secret defense pact between Bolivia and Peru. Signed in the Peruvian capital, Lima, on February 6, 1873, the document was composed of eleven central articles that outlined its necessity and stipulations and one additional article that ordered the treaty to be kept secret until both contracting parties ...
On April 5, 1879, a state of war was officially declared between Peru and Chile, starting military confrontations between both states. Due to Bolivia's loss of its Litoral Department by the occupying Chilean forces and consequent loss of access to the Pacific Ocean, [1] on March 26, 1879, Hilarión Daza formally offered letters of marque to any ships willing to fight for Bolivia. [2]
First campaign of La Sierra. To annihilate the guerrilla, Lynch started in January 1882 a new offensive with 5,000 men [1] : 315- first in the direction of Tarma and then southeast: Huancayo, until Izcuchaca. The Chilean troops suffered enormous hardships: cold, snow, mountain sickness (more than 5,000m).
Oil on canvas, Lima, Peru. The Battle of Arica, also known as Assault and Capture of Cape Arica, was a battle in the War of the Pacific. It was fought on 7 June 1880, between the forces of Chile and Peru. After the Battle of Tacna and the following Bolivian withdrawal from the war, Peru had to stand alone for the rest of the conflict.
Occupation of Lima. The occupation of Lima by the Chilean Army in 1881-1883 was an event in the land campaign phase of the War of the Pacific (1879-1883). Lima was defended by the remnants of the Peruvian army and crowds of civilians in the lines of San Juan and Miraflores. As the invading army advanced, the towns of Chorrillos and Barranco ...
On 5 April 1879, a state of war was officially declared between Peru and Chile, starting military confrontations between both states. As a result, the Chilean navy carried out a successful naval campaign against Peru, which guaranteed her control over the seas., as well as a successful land campaign, starting with an offensive in Tarapacá and other regions in southern Peru, with a successful ...
Historia de la República del Perú, La guerra con Chile (in Spanish). Lima, Perú: Peruamerica S.A. Bulnes, Gonzalo (1920). Chile and Peru: the causes of the war of 1879. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Universitaria. Contreras Carranza, Carlos (2012). La economía pública en el Perú después del guano y del salitre (in Spanish) (Primera ed ...