<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Impi yaseTarapacá yenzeka ngoNovemba 27, 1879, phakathi neMpi YaseTarapacá yeMpi YasePacific. Ikholomu yaseChile enamasosha angu - 2 300 eyayiholwa uColonel Luis Arteaga yahlasela ngokungenangqondo ibutho lasePeru elinamasosha angu - 4 500 eTarapacá elaliholwa uGen Juan Buendía, okwaholela ekunqotshweni okunzima. I-Chilean 2nd Line Regiment kwakuyiyunithi eyonakele kakhulu, yalahlekelwa cishe isigamu samandla ayo, kanye nomlawuli wayo uColonel Eleuterio Ramírez kanye nomsizi wakhe, uLt. Col. Bartolomé Vivar. Futhi, iyunithi yalahlekelwa yibhanela layo, elabuyiselwa ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva ngemva kwempi yase  <response>: I-Tacna. Naphezu kokunqoba, ama-Allies awakwazanga ukuncintisana ngokubusa kwesifunda saseTarapacá, asishiya ngaphansi kokulawulwa yiChile. 