Bombardment of Callao

This article is for the Bombardment of Callao during the War of the Pacific, for the conflict during the Chincha Islands War see Battle of Callao.

Part of War of the Pacific

An image published on 30 January 1881 by La Ilustración Española y Americana shows Civilians leaving the port before the shelling. Several US flags have been raised to mark neutral soil.

Date	April 10, 1880 through January 18, 1881
Location	port of Callao
Result	Chilean victory

Belligerents

Chile

Peru

Strength

1 ironclad
2 torpedo boats
3 gunboats
1 transport

1 monitor
2 torpedo boats
1 armed tugboat
1 training ship
1 submarine

Casualties and losses

1 torpedo boat
1 gunboat
1 transport
all lost

1 monitor
2 torpedo boats
1 armed tugboat
1 training ship
1 Submarine
all lost

The blockade

Commencing on April 10, 1880 the Chilean Navy fleet began a light blockade of the Peruvian port of Callao. The Chilean fleet would slowly grow as additional ships became available from other regions of the campaign. Likewise, the Peruvian Navy would arm local vessels as equipment allowed.

Several times over the year that the blockade was effected, the Chilean fleet would sortie and bombard the city. This was frequently in response to a Peruvian provocation, such as the repeated successful deployment of disguised floating bombs. After the successful attacks on the Lima suburbs of San Juan and Miraflores it became apparent that the city was going to fall to the advancing Chilean army. The last Peruvian ironclad, the monitor Atahualpa, as well as Peru's first submarine, the Toro Submarino were scuttled to prevent capture on January 16, 1881 and Callao surrendered two days later.

References

External links

War of the Pacific

Participants

Allied	Peru Bolivia

Chile	Chile

Timeline

preliminary	Atacama border dispute Boundary Treaty of 1866 between Chile and Bolivia Treaty of Defensive Alliance (Bolivia–Peru) Peruvian Saltpeter Monopoly Boundary Treaty of 1874 between Chile and Bolivia

1879	Refugees Expulsion of Chileans from Bolivia and Peru in 1879 Naval Maneuvers Naval Campaign of the War of the Pacific Blockade of Iquique Naval Battles Battle of Chipana Battle of Iquique Battle of Punta Gruesa Battle of Angamos Amphibious Battle of Pisagua Land Battles Land Campaign of the War of the Pacific Battle of Topater Tarapacá Campaign Battle of Tarapacá Battle of San Francisco

1880	Tacna and Arica Campaign Battle of Arica Bombardment of Callao Battle of Los Ángeles Battle of Tacna Order of Battle at Tacna

1881	Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos Chorrillos order of battle Battle of Miraflores Occupation of Lima Chilean occupation of Peru Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina Battle of Sangra

1882	Battle of La Concepción Battle of Pucará

1883	Battle of Huamachuco

Ending	Treaty of Ancón Treaty of Valparaíso Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1904 between Chile and Bolivia Treaty of Lima (1929)

Aspects

General	Toro Submarino Strategies of the War of the Pacific

Aftermath	Chilean–Peruvian maritime dispute Puna de Atacama dispute Consequences of the War of the Pacific

Personal

Peru	Miguel Grau Francisco Bolognesi Andres Caceres Mariano Ignacio Prado Alfonso Ugarte Mariano Bustamante Nicolás de Piérola Lizardo Montero Flores Melitón Carvajal Mariano Bustamante Juan Buendía Juan Fanning Juan Guillermo More Miguel Iglesias Mariano Ignacio Prado Francisco García Calderón Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez

Bolivia	Eduardo Abaroa Ladislao Cabrera Narciso Campero Hilarion Daza Mariano Baptista

Chile	Irene Morales Juan de Dios Aldea José Luis Araneda Carrasco Manuel Baquedano Santiago Amengual Balbontín Orozimbo Barbosa Manuel Bulnes Pinto Estanislao del Canto Ignacio Carrera Pinto Carlos Condell Luis Cruz Martínez Erasmo Escala Alejandro Gorostiaga Tomás Guevara Pedro Lagos Juan José Latorre Patricio Lynch Arturo Prat Pedro Julio Quintavalla Eleuterio Ramírez Molina Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez Roberto Silva Renard Robert Souper Howard Hernán Trizano Luis Uribe Gregorio Urrutia José Velásquez Bórquez Juan Williams Rebolledo Manuel Montt Torres Jorge Montt Álvarez Domingo Santa María Aníbal Pinto Alberto Blest Gana

Others	Abel Dupetit-Thouars Roque Saenz Pena

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