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Battle of Chipana Part of War of the Pacific
Chilean corvette MagallanesDate April 12, 1879 Location near Huanillos, Bolivia
(present day Chile)Result Indecisive, Chileans completed only part of their mission. Belligerents Chile Peru Commanders and leaders Juan Jose Latorre Aurelio Garcia Strength 1 corvette 1 corvette
1 gunboatNaval Campaign
Land Campaign
Chipana - Iquique - Punta Gruesa - 1st Antofagasta - 2nd Antofagasta - Rímac - Angamos - Pilcomayo - 1st Arica - 2nd Arica - Callao
Topáter - San Francisco - Tarapacá - Los Ángeles - Tacna - Arica - Chorrillos - Miraflores - Lima - San Pablo - Pachia - La Concepción - HuamachucoThe Battle of Chipana took place on April 12, 1879, during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. It was the first naval engagement between both navies and it took place in front of Huanillos, off the (then) Bolivian coast, as the Peruvian corvette Unión and gunboat Pilcomayo found the Chilean corvette Magallanes on its way to Iquique. After a two-hour running artillery duel, Unión suffered engine problems, the pursuit was called off and Magallanes escaped with minor damage. The Magallanes was able to complete part of its mission of delivering commissioned papers to Iquique, but unable to complete its reconnaissance mission of finding if there were any guano ships still making commerce in the zone.
War of the Pacific Participants AlliedSouthTimeline CausesControl of mineral-rich territories · Atacama border dispute · Treaty of alliance between Peru and Bolivia of 1873 · Boundary Treaty of 1866 between Chile and Bolivia1879Naval Maneuvers
Blockade of Iquique · Excursions of the Huáscar
Naval Battles
Battle of Chipana · Battle of Iquique · Battle of Punta Gruesa · Battle of Angamos
Amphibious
Battle of Pisagua
Land Battles
Battle of Topater · Battle of San Francisco · Tacna and Arica Campaign · Battle of Tarapacá18801881Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos · Chorrillos order of battle · Battle of Miraflores · Occupation of Lima · Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina18821883EndingTreaty of Ancón · Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1904 between Chile and BoliviaAspects GeneralAftermathTreaty of Lima · Chilean-Peruvian maritime dispute of 2006-2007 · Maritime dispute Chile-Peru · Tacna-Arica compromisePersonal PeruBoliviaChileArturo Prat · Manuel Baquedano · Ignacio Carrera Pinto · Pedro Lagos · Patricio Lynch · Alejandro Gorostiaga · Juan Williams Rebolledo · Luis Uribe · Manuel Montt Torres · Juan José Latorre · Jorge Montt Álvarez · Carlos Condell · Erasmo Escala · Domingo Santa María · Aníbal Pinto · Luis Uribe · Ignacio Carrera Pinto · Manuel Bulnes Pinto · Alberto Blest Gana · Luis Cruz MartínezOthersCategories:- History of South America
- Naval battles involving Chile
- Naval battles involving Peru
- Naval battles of the War of the Pacific
- Conflicts in 1879
- 1879 in Chile
- Battles and conflicts without fatalities
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