 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurwiswa kwakabudirira pamaguta eSan Juan neMiraflores ari pedyo neLimazvakava pachena kuti guta racho rakanga rava kuda kukundwa neuto reChile raifambira mberi. Pakati pehusiku hwaNdira 16, 1881, mushure mekukundwa kweuto rePeruvia muhondo dzeSan Juan neMiraflores, Secretary of the Navy, Captain Manuel Villar, akaraira kuparadzwa kwezvidziviriro zvengarava uye ngarava dzasara dzePeruvia Navy kudzivirira kubatwa kwavo nemauto eChilean. Uyu murairo wakaitwa navatungamiriri Germán Astete naManuel Villavisencio mukati memambakwedza aJanuary 17, 1881. Pakati pemidziyo yakanyura paiva neyokupedzisira yePeruvia yakashongedzwa nesimbi, Monitor, ngarava yokurovedza, pamwe chete negwava rokutanga rePeruvia,. 