Lima campaign

Lima campaign
Part of War of the Pacific

Movements and battles of the Lima campaign.
DateDecember 1880 – January 1881
Location
Departments of Ica and Lima, Peru
Result

Chilean victory

Belligerents
Chile Peru
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Baquedano
Patricio Lynch
José A. Villagrán
Francisco Gana
José D. Amunátegui
Orozimbo Barbosa
Emilio Sotomayor
Arístides Martínez
Pedro Lagos
Diego Dublé Almeyda
Toro Herrera  (WIA)
Belisario Zañartu  
Nicolás de Piérola
Pedro Silva Gil
Miguel Iglesias
Arnaldo Panizo
Andrés A. Cáceres
Pedro José Sevilla
Mariano Vargas
Justo P. Dávila
Observers:
J. M. Sterling
G. Sabrano
Abel Bergasse du Petit-Thouars
Strength
~39,000 men ~28,000 men
Casualties and losses
1,299 dead
4,144 wounded
300–400 wounded during the looting of Chorrillos
5,890 dead
3,000 wounded

The Lima campaign is the third land campaign of the War of the Pacific, carried out by Chile between December 1880 and January 1881. The campaign ended with the Chilean occupation of the Peruvian capital and the establishment of the Chilean authority in it and other surrounding territories, which would extend until 1883, with the end of the war.