page_title: Battle of Miraflores
section_title: The Chilean Forces
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Miraflores / Prelude / The Chilean Forces
caption_attribution_description: Pedro Lagos Marchant (1832 - 1884)
context_page_description: The Battle of Miraflores occurred on January 15, 1881 in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru. It was an important battle during the War of the Pacific that was fought between Chile and the forces of Peru. The Chilean army led by Gen. Manuel Baquedano defeated the army commanded by Nicolás de Piérola guarding the second defensive line of the Peruvian capital city. Two days later, Lima, the capital city of Peru was occupied by Chilean troops. Gen. Baquedano's forces marched into Lima triumphant, while Peru's president and his officers fled into the interior, leaving the country without any government. Even after the fall of Lima, the war continued between the occupation army and the troops of Andres Caceres for another three years. During the occupation of Lima, Peru's National Library was burned, while a number of other monuments were ransacked by Chilean forces and taken as war trophies.
  During the battle, Peruvian naval officer Captain Juan Fanning became a national hero for leading a spectacular infantry charge of marines that nearly outflanked the enemy.
context_section_description: The Army of Chile had a strength estimated about 12,000 men and was divided into three divisions and one reserve as it follows:
  I Division of Navy Capt. Patricio Lynch:
  1st Brigade of Col Juan Martínez formed by the 2nd Line, Talca, Atacama, Colchagua infantry regiments.
  2nd Brigade of Col. José Dgo. Amunátegui had the 4th Line, Chacabuco, Coquimbo, Artillería de Marina infantry regiments and the Quillota and Melipilla infantry battalions.
  II Division of Col. Emilio Sotomayor:
  1st Brigade of Col. José Fco. Gana, composed by the "Buin" 1st Line, Esmeralda and Chillán infantry regiments.
  2nd Brigade of Lt. Col. Orozimbo Barbosa was formed by the Lautaro and Curicó infantry regiments, and the Victoria Infantry Battalion.
  III Division of Col. Pedro Lagos:
  1st Brigade of Col. Martiniano Urriola, composed by the Aconcagua Inf. Regiment and the Naval Inf. Battalion.
  2nd Brigade of Col. Francisco Barceló formed by the Santiago and Concepción infantry regiments, plus the Valdivia, Bulnes and Caupolicán infantry battalions.
  The reserve, made of the 3rd Line, Valparaíso and Zapadores infantry regiments.
  The artillery consisted in the regiments Nº 1 and Nº 2. The cavalry had two regiments also, the Cazadores a Caballo and the Cazadores de Yungay.
caption: Gen. Pedro Lagos
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