1879 Feb 14 Chilean Conquest Tarapaca Antofagasta

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Operation	1879 Feb 14 Chilean Conquest Tarapaca Antofagasta

Start YMDHM	00:00
Included In Activity	1879 02 14 War Of The Pacific
Activity Type	Operation
Conducted By Country	Chile
Conducted Against Country	Bolivia
Contained In Theatre Of War	Pacific Theatre
Operation Type	Conquest
Activity Class	Moderate
Completeness	Included Activities Entered

	Details
	Aim: To prevent the nationalisation of Chilean interests in coastal Bolivia.

Places
1) Location Place	2) 1: Included In Place	3) 2: Depicted In Image
Tarapaca	Chile
Antofagasta	Chile

Activities
Include Activity	Activity Type	Details
1879 Feb 14 Chilean Landing Antofagasta	Operation	Results: Landing by 500 men, no resistance, position well secured.
1879 Apr 02 Chilean Blockade Of Iquique	Operation	Aim: To prevent the fortification of Iquique by Peru or to destroy it.
1879 04 12 0000 Surface Action Battle Of Chipana Chile	Engagement	Peruvian corvettes Union and Pilcomayo encountered the Chilean corvette Magallanes which had to flee to avoid capture.
1879 Apr 17 Chilean Attack Mollendo	Operation
1879 Apr 18 Chilean Attack Pisagua Chile	Operation

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