Lima campaign

Lima campaign
Part of War of the Pacific
Movements and battles of the Lima campaign.
Date December 1880 – January 1881 Location Departments of Ica and Lima, Peru Result Chilean victory Occupation of Lima and other territories of the Peruvian coast by the Chilean Army.
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:[a] J. M. Sterling G. Sabrano Abel Bergasse du Petit-Thouars
Strength
~39,000 men[4]	~28,000 men[5]
Casualties and losses
1,299 dead[b] 4,144 wounded[b] 300–400 wounded during the looting of Chorrillos[c]	5,890 dead[6][d] 3,000 wounded[6][d]

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.

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