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Name: First Phase (War of the Confederation)

Type: Event

Start: 1837 AD

End: 1837 AD

Parent: War of the Confederation

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Was the first phase of the War of the Confederation between Chile and the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.

Chronology


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  • September 1837: Chilean admiral Blanco Encalada gave the order to embark and put bow to the port of Islay, where they arrive on September 29.
  • October 1837: Chilean forces landed in the port of Quilca.
  • October 1837: The taking of Cobija lasted 11 days.
  • October 1837: The restorative army occupied Arequipa.
  • November 1837: After two negotiations where Chilean admiral Blanco Encalada asked for guarantees for his troops and for Chile,  the Treaty of Paucarpata was signed. The Chilean army agreed to leave the territories occupied in Peru and Bolivia.
  • November 1837: Peruvian-Bolivian forces took Juan Fernández Island (modern-day island Más a Tierra).
  • December 1837: A Chilean squad harassed the defenses of the port of Talcahuano on November 23, those of San Antonio on the 27th of the same month and those of Huasco on December 15, where they managed to capture two Chilean merchants. Upon Moran's knowledge of the events in Arequipa, he began his return to the port of Callao where the remaining inmates were released. The expedition members are honored in Lima by the protector Andrés de Santa Cruz on December 27, 1837.

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