<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho uLeoncio Prado eneminyaka engu-26 ubudala, kwaqubuka impi neChile ngo-1879, eyabizwa ngokuthi iMpi YasePacific, ngakho lesi sikhulu esincane sabuyela ePeru ukuyovikela izwe laso. Wayesebuthweni lezempi futhi kamuva waba yisosha. Okokuqala, waphathiswa inhlangano yezikebhe ze-torpedo ezazizosebenza esiqhingini sase-Alacran ethekwini lase-Arica ngokumelene namabutho asolwandle aseChile. Kamuva, ukuhlanganisa i-Army of the South ngo-1880, wathunywa ukuba akhe umzimba wezempi lapho abamba iqhaza khona eMpini yaseTacna  <response>: ngoMeyi. Ngemuva kokunqotshwa kwePeru kuleso simpi, wahola impi yamaGuerrilla ezungeze iTacna, waze wabanjwa abaseChile eTatara ngoJulayi. Kodwa wabe esededelwa ngaphansi kombandela wokuthi angaphinde alwe empini, okuyinto angazange ayenze. Kamuva wabamba iqhaza emkhankasweni waseSierra, washona ngemuva nje kweMpi yaseHuamachuco ngo-1883. 