Order of Battle at Tacna

The Battle at Tacna was an engagement during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) between Chile and the Allied Forces of Peru and Bolivia. It was fought on May 20, 1880, with the forces aligned as follows:

Chilean North Operations Army

The Chilean Army was under the command of General Manuel Baquedano Gonzalez, with Colonel Velasquez as his Chief of Staff. The army was divided into five infantry divisions, with three cavalry regiments and thirty seven artillery pieces as it follows:

I Division (Col. Santiago Amengual)

Strength: 2,700 men

II Division (Lt. Colonel Francisco Barcelo)

Strength: 1,858 men

III Division (Col. Jose Domingo Amunategui)

Strength: 1,858 men

IV Division (Col. Orozimbo Barbosa)

Strength: 2,285 men

Reserve (Col. Mauricio Muñoz)

Strength: 2,335 men

Cavalry

Artillery

Allies

Strength: 13,650 men

I Southern Peruvian Army

Bolivian Army

6 cannons and 4 machine guns

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