Battle Of Chorrillos

picture info	Battle Of Chorrillos The Battle of San Juan, also known as the Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos, was the first of two battles in the Lima Campaign during the War of the Pacific, and was fought on 13 January 1881. This battle is really a group of smaller, yet fierce confrontations at the defensive strongholds of Villa, Chorrillos, Santiago de Surco, San Juan de Miraflores, Santa Teresa and Morro Solar. The Chilean army led by Gen. Manuel Baquedano inflicted a harsh defeat on the Peruvian army commanded by the Supreme Chief Nicolás de Piérola. The Chilean triumph eliminated the first defensive line guarding Lima, and almost obliterated the Peruvian army defending it. At the end of the battle, the town of Chorrillos was burnt to the ground by the Chilean army trying to eradicate the Peruvian defenders garrisoned there. During the night, civilian abuses were committed by drunk soldiers. Despite this result, another battle had to be fought in order that the Chilean army could enter the Peruvian capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	War Of The Pacific The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Chilean claims on coastal Bolivian territory in the Atacama Desert, the war ended with a Chilean victory, which gained for the country a significant amount of resource-rich territory from Peru and Bolivia. The war began over a nitrate taxation dispute between Bolivia and Chile, with Peru being drawn in due to its secret alliance with Bolivia. But historians have pointed to deeper origins of the war, such as the interest of Chile and Peru in the nitrate business, the long-standing rivalry between Chile and Peru, as well as political and economical disparities between Chile, Peru and Bolivia. On February 14, 1879, Chile's armed forces occupied the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta, subsequently war between Bolivia and Chile was declare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	José Miguel Balmaceda José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Lurin Lurin is a ''quartier'' of Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy (french: Saint-Barthélemy, ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. It is often abbreviated to St. Barth in French, and St. Barts in Englis ... in the Caribbean. It is east of Gustavia and is one of the larger quartiers on the island. Populated places in Saint Barthélemy Quartiers of Saint Barthélemy {{SaintBarthélemy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ambrosio Letelier Ambrosio may refer to: People Alessandra Ambrosio (born 1981), a Brazilian model Arturo Ambrosio (1870–1960), an Italian film producer Fabrisia Ambrosio, Brazilian-born physical therapist and academic Franco Ambrosio (1932–2009), an Italian businessman Giovanni Ambrosio (1420–1484), Italian dancer and writer on dance (Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro) Luigi Ambrosio (born 1963), an Italian mathematician Thomas Ambrosio (born 1971), American political scientist Vittorio Ambrosio (1879–1958), an Italian general from World War I and World War II Other * Ambrosio (horse), a racehorse * Ambrosio Film, an Italian film production company that existed from 1906 to 1924 See also D'Ambrosio Ambrosiano (other) Ambrosiano was a national (domestic) Italian express train which connected Rome with Milan. Ambrosiano may also refer to: * Banco Ambrosiano, the Italian bank which collapsed in 1982 Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano The Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano was the b ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chilca Chilca was a rocket launch site in Peru at , near Lima. Chilca was in service from 1974 and 1983 and was mainly used for launching Arcas and Nike sounding rockets A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The rockets are used to .... References Rocket launch sites Transport buildings and structures in Peru {{Rocket-stub pt:Chilcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Patricio Lynch Patricio Javier de los Dolores Lynch y Solo de Zaldívar (Valparaíso 18 December 1825 – 13 May 1886) was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a rear admiral in the Chilean Navy, and one of the principal figures of the later stages of the War of the Pacific. He has been nicknamed the "Last Viceroy of Peru", and the Chinese slave-labourers he liberated from the Peruvian haciendas called him the "Red Prince" (; es, El Príncipe Rojo) because of his red hair. Early years Lynch was born in the port of Valparaíso, Chile, the son of Estanislao Lynch y Roo, a wealthy Argentinian merchant resident in Chile who was a descendant of Patrick Lynch, and of Carmen Solo de Zaldívar y Rivera. His father, a former Colonel in the Army of the Andes, had settled in Chile from Argentina and was a grandson of Patrick Lynch, an emigrant from Galway to Buenos Aires in the 1740s. His connection to Patrick Lynch makes him a distant relative of Che Guevara. Entering the navy in 1837, at the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google]