 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Somukuru mukuru mudunhu racho, Cáceres akadanwa kuti ave Mutungamiriri wezvematongerwe enyika - wemauto wemapazi epakati April 26, 1881. Akazvipira kuronga kurwisa kurwisa kweChilean, achiita hondo yemagandanga iyo yaakashandisa varimi. Nemhaka yokutsigirwa kwaiitwa vanhu vomunharaunda yacho, nzvimbo yakaoma uye unyanzvi hwake hwokurwa, Cáceres akakunda mapoka akawanda echiChile akanga amutumira kunorwa naye muhondo dzePucará uye imwe hondo yakaitikira ikoko muna July 1882, kuMarcavalle, uye kuLa Concepción. 