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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:
Commanding General:
Manuel Baquedano González
Chief of Staff: Col. Velasquez
I Division
Col. Santiago Amengual
Strength: 2,547 men
II Division
Lt. Col. Francisco Barcelo
Strength: 2,130 men
III Division
Col. Jose Domingo Amunategui
Strength: 1,858 men
IV Division
Col.
Orozimbo Barbosa
Strength: 2,285 men
Reserve
Col. Mauricio Muñoz
Strength: 2,335 men
Commanding General:
Narciso Campero, Bolivian Army
Strength: 13,650 men
I Division
Col.
Justo Pastor Dávila
II Division
Col.
Andrés Avelino Cáceres
III Division
Col.
Belisario Suárez
IV Division
Col. Jacinto Mendoza
V Division
Col. Alejandro Herrera
VI Division
César Canevaro
Nacionales Division
Col. del Solar
Cavalry
Artillery
I Division
Col. Severino Zapata
II Division
Col. Claudio Acosta
III Division
Col. Idelfonso Murgia
IV Division
Col. Alfonso Gonzalez
Cavalry
Artillery
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (July 2009) |
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:
Commanding General:
Manuel Baquedano González
Chief of Staff: Col. Velasquez
I Division
Col. Santiago Amengual
Strength: 2,547 men
II Division
Lt. Col. Francisco Barcelo
Strength: 2,130 men
III Division
Col. Jose Domingo Amunategui
Strength: 1,858 men
IV Division
Col.
Orozimbo Barbosa
Strength: 2,285 men
Reserve
Col. Mauricio Muñoz
Strength: 2,335 men
Commanding General:
Narciso Campero, Bolivian Army
Strength: 13,650 men
I Division
Col.
Justo Pastor Dávila
II Division
Col.
Andrés Avelino Cáceres
III Division
Col.
Belisario Suárez
IV Division
Col. Jacinto Mendoza
V Division
Col. Alejandro Herrera
VI Division
César Canevaro
Nacionales Division
Col. del Solar
Cavalry
Artillery
I Division
Col. Severino Zapata
II Division
Col. Claudio Acosta
III Division
Col. Idelfonso Murgia
IV Division
Col. Alfonso Gonzalez
Cavalry
Artillery