Battle of San Francisco

When

19 Nov 1879

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

19.67° S, 69.95° W

Description

1879 battle

1879 Chilean victory in the War of the Pacific

The Battle of San Francisco, also known as the Battle of Dolores, was a major battle in the Tarapacá Campaign of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 19, 1879, in the Peruvian department of Tarapacá. A Chilean army under Colonel Emilio Sotomayor had moved via Dolores rail road deep into the desert and was encamped at San Francisco Saltpeter Office, about 30 kilometers south east of the port of Pisagua.

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