First Battle of Pucará explained

Conflict:Battle of Pucará
Partof:the War of the Pacific
Date:February 5, of 1882
Result:Undecided
Combatant1: Chile
Combatant2: Peru
Commander2: Andrés A. Cáceres
Strength1:2,000
Strength2:1,230
Casualties1:13 killed, 17 wounded
Casualties2:21 killed, 24 wounded

The Battle of Pucará (Spanish: Batalla de Pucará) was fought on February 5, 1882, during the Sierra Campaign of the War of the Pacific. With a two-to-one superiority in numbers and even more in artillery, the Chilean army under the command of Colonel Estanislao del Canto was unable to destroy the little Peruvian army of General Cáceres, and withdrew to the town of Pucará leaving the Peruvian army to continue its strategic retreat.

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