Breña campaign

Breña campaign
Part of War of the Pacific

Painting of a battle by Luis Fernando Rojas
DateFebruary 1881 – November 1883
Location
Sierra (Andean region), Peru
Result

Chilean victory

  • Peace conditions favorable to the Chilean government are created.
  • Establishment of the government of Miguel Iglesias.
  • Isolation of Cáceres resistance and decline of other guerrilla leaders.
Belligerents

Chile Chile


Peru Government of La Magdalena (until 1881)


Peru Government of Iglesias (since 1883)
Peru Peru's divided factions
Commanders and leaders

Chile Patricio Lynch


Peru Francisco García Calderón (until 1881)


Peru Miguel Iglesias (since 1883)

Peru Andrés Avelino Cáceres


Peru Nicolás de Piérola


Peru Francisco García Calderón  (POW)


Peru Miguel Iglesias (until 1882)


Other minor leaders

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, in February 1881, and extends until the consolidation of the Treaty of Ancón, between October and November 1883, which ends the war, with favorable conditions for Chile.

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Basadre, Jorge (1964). Historia de la Republica del Peru, La guerra con Chile (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: Peruamerica S.A. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007.
  • Villalobos, Sergio (2004). Chile y Perú, la historia que nos une y nos separa, 1535–1883 (in Spanish) (2 ed.). Chile: Editorial Universitaria. ISBN 9789561116016.
  • Sater, William F. (2007). Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879–1884. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-4334-7.
  • Bulnes, Gonzalo (1919). Guerra del Pacífico. Ocupación del Perú - La Paz (PDF). Vol. III. Valparaíso, Chile: Sociedad Imprenta y Litografía Universo.