Battle of La Concepción
1882 battle during the War of the Pacific / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Concepción (Spanish: Batalla de Concepción) was fought between Chilean and Peruvian forces on July 9 and July 10, 1882, during the Sierra Campaign of the War of the Pacific. Heavily outnumbered, the Chilean detachment of 77 men under the command of Captain Ignacio Carrera Pinto was annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears, commanded by Col. Juan Gasto and Ambrosio Salazar after a 27-hour fight in the small town of Concepción in the Peruvian Andes.
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Battle of Concepción | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Pacific | |||||||
Concepción is a little town at the Mantaro River. Roads and railroads at that time are drawn. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Chile | Peru | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ignacio Carrera † | Juan Gastó | ||||||
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77 soldiers | 1,000 soldiers | ||||||
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77 killed |
40 killed or wounded (Peruvian accounts)[1] 250 guerrillas killed (Chilean accounts)[2] |
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