Battle of Topeter

When

23 Mar 1879

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

22.46° S, 68.91° W

Description

1879 battle of the War of the Pacific

First battle of the War of the Pacific, on 23 March 1879

The Battle of Topáter, or Battle of Calama, was fought on March 23, 1879, between Chile and Bolivia. It was the first battle of the War of the Pacific.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “guerra del Pacífico: Combate de Calama, primer enfrentamiento armado de la guerra”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page