The Battle of San Francisco 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 November 19, 1880, with the forces aligned as follows:
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major general
- BG = Brigadier general
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st lieutenant
Chilean North Operations Army
General Staff
Division
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Regiments, batteries and other units
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Division of the Right:
Col Martiniano Urriola
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- 1st Infantry Regiment "Buin": Ltc Luis José Ortiz[1]
- Civic Naval Artillery Battalion: Col Martiniano Urriola
- Valparaíso Municipal Police Battalion: Ltc Jacinto Niño
- 1st Artillery Brigade
- 1st/2nd Battery: Col Eulogio Villarroel
- 1st/2nd Battery: Col Roberto Wood[1]
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Division of the Center
Col Domingo Amunátegui
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- 4th Line Infantry Regiment: Ltc Domingo Amunátegui
- 21st Infantry Regiment "Coquimbo": Ltc Alejandro Gorostiaga
- Atacama Battalion: Ltc Juan Martínez
- Cazadores de Caballo Regiment: Ltc Pedro Soto Aguilar
- Horse Grenadier Company
- 3rd Artillery Brigade: José Salvo
- 1st/3rd Battery: Cpt Pablo Urízar
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Division of the Left
Ltc Ricardo Castro
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- 2nd Line Infantry Regiment: Ltc José Velásquez Bórquez
- 3rd Line Infantry Regiment: Ltc Ricardo Castro[1]
- Cazadores de Caballo Regiment: Ltc Pedro Soto Aguilar
- Groups of Pontooners and others: Maj Juan Larraín
- 2nd Artillery Brigade: Col Benjamín Montoya[1]
- 1st/2nd Battery: Cpt Santiago Frías
- 1st/2nd Battery: Cpt Domingo Carvallo
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Southern Peruvian Army
General Staff
Group
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Division
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Regiments and others
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Western Group
Col Belisario Suárez
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1st Division
Col Manuel Velarde Seoane
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- 5th Cazadores de Cuzco Battalion
- 7th Cazadores de la Guardia Battalion
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2nd Division
BG Pedro Villamil
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- 2nd Aroma de Cochabamba Battalion
- 3rd Vengadores de Potosí Battalion
- Victoria Battalion
- Colquechaca Battalion
- Husares de Junin Squadron
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3rd Division
Col Francisco Bolognesi
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- 2nd Ayacucho Battalion
- Guardia de Arequipa Battalion
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Eastern Group
MG Juan Buendía
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4th Division
Col Justo Pastor Dávila
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5th Division
BG Pedro Bustamante
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1st Division
BG Carlos Villegas
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- 2nd Cazadores de la Guardia Battalion
- 3rd Paucarpata de La Paz Battalion
- 1st Dalence de Oruro Battalion: Col Donato Vásquez
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Other Regiments
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- Guias Cavalry Squadron
- Castilla Cavalry Squadron
- Campaña Artillery Battalion: Ltc Emilio Castañón
- 1st Húsares de Bolívar Battalion
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Reserves
Col Andrés Avelino Cáceres
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2nd Division
Col Andrés Avelino Cáceres
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- 2nd Zepita Line Battalion
- Dos de Mayo Battalion
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References
- ^ a b c d Reyno Gutiérrez, Manuel; Gómez Ehrmann, Sergio; Guerrero Yoacham, Cristián (1985). Historia del Ejército de Chile, tomo V. Estado Mayor General del Ejército de Chile.
Bibliography
- Eckdahl, Wilhelm (1919). Sociedad de imprenta y litografía Universo (ed.). Historia militar de la Guerra del Pacífico. Vol. 1. Galería Alessandri 20, Santiago de Chile. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
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- Ana Rosselith Quispe Piña. "La Guerra del Pacifico". Prezi (in Spanish). Retrieved June 16, 2022.
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