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    The Breña campaign, or Sierra campaign, was the last phase of the land campaigns of the War of the Pacific. This stage begins after the occupation of Lima...
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    in 1859, Cáceres was still ailing from his wound, but took part in the campaign. After the conflict ended in 1860, Castilla appointed Cáceres to serve...
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    War of the Pacific (category Military campaigns)
    would be known as the Campaign of the Breña or Sierra, a widespread, prolonged, brutal, and eventually futile guerrilla campaign. They harassed the Chilean...
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    San Juan and Chorrillos Miraflores Lima Chilean occupation of Peru Breña campaign 1881 San Jerónimo Letelier Expedition Sángrar Verrugas 1st Purhuay Calientes...
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    The Battle of San Jerónimo was the first battle of the Breña campaign of the War of the Pacific between April 9 and 11, 1881. The battle was fought between...
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    colonel of the War of the Pacific. Being a primary organizer of the Breña campaign, he led the Peruvian forces at the Battle of San Jerónimo. Bedoya was...
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    period, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, who had fought the Breña campaign and was known as the Hero of Breña, opposed Iglesias and received more popular support...
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    kept up the resistance for three more years in a campaign known in Peru as the campaign of the Breña. The leader of the resistance was General Andrés...
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  • Chilean Army in the Andean Region of Peru from 1881 to 1883 (La Breña Campaign); this campaign was later studied in the Austrian Theresian Military Academy...
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    The Tarapacá campaign was a short stage of the War of the Pacific in the last months of 1879, after the Chileans won definitive naval superiority at Angamos...
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