<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-February 24, 1880, amadoda angaba ngu - 11 000 ayehamba ngemikhumbi engu - 19, evikelwe i - Blanco Encalada, i - Toro, ne - Magallanes nezikebhe ezimbili ezinamasosha, asuka ePisagua. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, ngo-February 26, abaseChile bafika ePunta Coles, eduze nasePakocha, e-Ilo. Ukufika kwabathatha izinsuku eziningana kodwa abazange babhekane nokuphikiswa. Umkhuzi wamabutho asePeru, uLizardo Montero, wenqaba ukuzama ukuxosha abaseChile ekhanda lolwandle, njengoba abaseChile babelindele. Ngo-March 22, amabutho aseChile angu-3 642 anqoba amabutho asePeru angu-1 300 eMpini yaseLos Ángeles, anqamula noma yikuphi ukunikezwa okuqondile kwePeru kusuka eLima kuya e-Arica noma eTacna ukunikezwa kwakunokwenzeka kuphela ngendlela ende, ngeBolivia. Ngemva kweMpi yaseLos Ángeles, kwase kusele izikhundla ezintathu kuphela eningizimu yePeru: Ibutho lesibili likaJenene Leyva e-Arequipa kufaka phakathi abasindile eLos Ángeles, iDivision 7th ne-8th kaBolognesi e-Arica, naseTacna ibutho lokuqala. Lawo mabutho ayephansi komyalo oqondile kaCampero. Nokho, lezo zinombolo zabonakala zingenangqondo, njengoba abasePeru babengakwazi ukuqoqa amabutho noma ngisho nokuphuma ezindlini zabo. Ngemva kokuwela ugwadule, ngo - May 26 ibutho laseChile 14,147 amadoda lachitha ibutho elihlangene labaseBolivia abangu - 5 150 nabasePeru abangu - 8 500  <response>: Impi YaseTacna. Isidingo sesikhumulo esiseduze nebutho ukuhlinzeka nokuqinisa amabutho nokukhishwa kwabalimele kwaphoqa umyalo waseChile ukuba ugxile enqabeni yasePeru esele e-Arica. NgoJuni 7, ngemva kweMpi yase-Arica, inqaba yokugcina yasePeru eMnyangweni waseTacna yawa. Ngemva komkhankaso waseTacna nase-Arica, amabutho avamile asePeru naseBolivia ayeka ukuba khona, futhi iBolivia yaphuma empini. 