What the records say
- When
- 12 Jan 1839
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.45° S, 78.39° W
- Description
- 1839 battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Casma
1839 battle
The Battle of Casma was a naval confrontation that occurred on 12 January 1839 during the War of the Confederation between Chile and the Peru–Bolivian Confederation. The battle took place in the bay of Casma, located off the Peruvian coast, 370 kilometers north of Callao.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “War of the Confederation: Battle of Casma”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire du Chili sur la Bolivie et le Pérou au combat naval de Casma”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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