Blockade of Iquique

Blockade of Iquique
Part of War of the Pacific

Iquique, Peru, on July 16, 1879. Bombardment by the Chilean navy.
DateApril 5, 1879 - May 21, 1879; June 1, 1879 - August 2, 1879
Location
Iquique, Peru.
Result Chilean failure
Belligerents
Chilean Navy Peruvian Navy
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War of the Pacific
Naval campaign
Land campaigns

Loa Line and Altiplano

Tarapacá campaign

Tacna and Arica campaign

Lynch Expedition

Lima campaign

Chilean occupation of Peru

Breña campaign

  • San Jerónimo
  • Letelier Expedition
  • Sángrar
  • Verrugas
  • 1st Purhuay
  • Calientes
  • 1st Pachía
  • Cieneguilla
  • Motupe
  • Guadalupe
  • 1st Pucará
  • Acuchimay
  • Sierralumi
  • Huaripampa
  • Llocllapampa
  • Chupaca
  • La Oroya
  • 2nd Pucará
  • Concepción
  • San Pablo
  • Tarmatambo
  • 2nd Purhuay
  • Huamantanga
  • Crossing of the Andes
  • Huamachuco
  • Izcuchaca
  • 2nd Pachía

Arequipa-Puno Line

  • Arequipa
  • Titicaca Lake

The Blockade of Iquique was a military operation that occurred during the War of the Pacific.[1] Once war was declared by Chile upon Peru on Saturday, April 5, 1879, the first Chilean naval action for the War of the Pacific was set in motion. The plan was to block the Peruvian port of Iquique the same day the declaration of war was made. The first phase of the blockade ended on May 21, 1879, after the clashes between the Peruvian ships Huascar and Independencia versus the Chilean ships Esmeralda and Covadonga.

The second phase of the blockade was resumed on June 1, and lasted until August 2, 1879, at which time John Williams Rebolledo had to resign for failing to succeed in its actions because of the excursions of the Huascar of Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau against Chilean vessels.

References

  1. ^ Collier, Simon, and William F. Sater. A History of Chile, 1808-1994. Cambridge University Press, 1996. 131.