Battle of Arica

E755408

The Battle of Arica was a key 1880 land and naval engagement in which Chilean forces captured the Peruvian port city of Arica, helping secure Chile’s dominance in the War of the Pacific.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Arica canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Assault on the Morro de Arica NERFINISHED
associatedWith Alfonso Ugarte NERFINISHED
Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes NERFINISHED
Morro de Arica monument NERFINISHED
belligerent Chile NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
campaign Tacna and Arica campaign NERFINISHED
casualties heavy Peruvian casualties
lighter Chilean casualties
commander Alfonso Ugarte NERFINISHED
Francisco Bolognesi NERFINISHED
Manuel Baquedano NERFINISHED
Pedro Lagos NERFINISHED
commemoratedOn 7 June
conflict War of the Pacific NERFINISHED
countryAtTime Peru NERFINISHED
currentLocation Arica, Chile NERFINISHED
date 7 June 1880
defensivePosition Morro de Arica NERFINISHED
followedBy Chilean advance toward Lima
front southern Peruvian coast
involved Chilean Army NERFINISHED
Peruvian Army NERFINISHED
legacy key step in Chilean advance toward Lima
symbol of Peruvian resistance
location Arica NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
notableEvent assault on the Morro de Arica
cavalry charge and death of Alfonso Ugarte
death of Peruvian commander Francisco Bolognesi
objective capture of the port city of Arica
partOf War of the Pacific NERFINISHED
precededBy Battle of Tacna NERFINISHED
result Chilean victory
side Chilean forces
Peruvian forces
strategicImportance helped consolidate Chilean dominance in the War of the Pacific
secured Chilean control of a key Pacific port
supportedBy Chilean Navy NERFINISHED
territorialChange occupation of Arica by Chile
theater land campaign of the War of the Pacific
typeOfWarfare land warfare
naval blockade support
year 1880

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the Pacific notableBattle Battle of Arica