What the records say
- When
- 20 Jan 1839
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.14° S, 77.74° W
- Description
- 1839 battle of the War of the Confederation
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Yungay
1839 battle in western Peru which ended the War of the Confederation
The Battle of Yungay was the final battle of the War of the Confederation, fought on January 20, 1839, near Yungay, Peru. The United Restoration Army, led by Chilean General Manuel Bulnes, consisting mainly of Chileans and 600 North Peruvian dissidents, attacked the Peru-Bolivian Confederation forces led by Andrés de Santa Cruz in northern Peru, 200 kilometers (120 mi) north of Lima.
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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 “Battle of Yungay: Chile defeats the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, leading to the restoration of an independent Peru”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 à la bataille de Yungay”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el norte de Perú se libra la Batalla de Yungay en la Guerra entre la Confederación Peruano-Boliviana y el Ejército Restaurador Chileno-Peruano”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page