 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mukurumbira wehondo waBaquedano wakawedzerwa nekutungamira kwake kwakatanhamara uye kutora chikamu muhondo dzeChorrillos neMiraflores, muna January 1881. Ikoko, nemhaka yenhamburiko dzavarume vaiva pasi pokutungamirira kwake, dzimbahwe rePeru rakanga rapambwa mumwedzi isingasviki mumwe. Baquedano akadzokera kuChile apo hurumende yaPurezidhendi Aníbal Pinto yakasarudza kuunza kumba vazhinji veHondo, nekuda kwemutengo wakakwira wekuchengetedza mauto. Iye akasvika muValparaiso muna March 1881 uye akagamuchirwa neboka guru ravanhu; kupemberera kwacho kwakadzokororwa muSantiago. 