The Battle of San Francisco was an engagement during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) between Chile and the Allied Forces of Peru and Bolivia. It was fought on November 19, 1880, with the forces aligned as follows:
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major general
- BG = Brigadier general
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st lieutenant
Chilean North Operations Army
General Staff
Division | Regiments, batteries and other units |
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Division of the Right: |
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Division of the Center |
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Division of the Left
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Southern Peruvian Army
General Staff
- MG Juan Buendía
- Col Belisario Suárez
Group | Division | Regiments and others |
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Western Group
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1st Division |
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2nd Division |
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3rd Division |
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Eastern Group
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4th Division |
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5th Division |
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1st Division |
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Other Regiments |
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Reserves
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2nd Division
Col Andrés Avelino Cáceres |
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References
- ^ Reyno Gutiérrez, Manuel; Gómez Ehrmann, Sergio; Guerrero Yoacham, Cristián (1985). Historia del Ejército de Chile, tomo V. Estado Mayor General del Ejército de Chile.
- Eckdahl 1919, p. 331.
Bibliography
- Eckdahl, Wilhelm (1919). Sociedad de imprenta y litografía Universo (ed.). Historia militar de la Guerra del Pacífico. Vol. 1. Galería Alessandri 20, Santiago de Chile. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
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