Between 1880 and 1881 he participated in the Campaign of Tacna–Arica and the Campaign of Lima, under General Manuel Baquedano. In the first campaign he was present in military actions such as the Battle of Los Ángeles, Battle of Pajonales de Sama, in the military operations in the Locumba valley, Battle of Tacna, Battle of Arica and in Tarata against the montoneras of the Peruvian Leoncio Prado. In the second campaign he was in the Battle of Chorrillos and in the Battle of Miraflores, engagements that allowed the Chilean occupation of Lima in 1881.