Battle of Pampa Germania

Battle of Pampa Germania
	Part of the Tarapacá campaign of the War of the Pacific
Date	November 6, 1879
Location	Tarapacá, Tarapacá Department, Peru
Result	Chilean victory
Belligerents
Chile	Peru; Bolivia
Commanders and leaders
José F. Vergara	José B. Sepúlveda †
Strength
181 Cavalry	90 Cavalry
Casualties and losses
3 killed; 8 wounded	50 to 70 killed; 5 captured

The Battle of Pampa Germania was a cavalry battle of the Tarapacá campaign of the War of the Pacific that took place on November 6, 1879. In this battle, the Chilean cavalry led by Lieutenant Colonel José Francisco Vergara and Sofanor Parra ambush and massacre the allied cavalry commanded by Peruvian Lieutenant Colonel José Buenaventura Sepúlveda who was in the rear of the allied army, which had already undertaken their march to Dolores, in the Pampa Germania sector, near Agua Santa.

^ Machuca, Francisco. Las cuatro campañas de la guerra del pacífico., page 268
^ Carlos Dellepiani, Historia Militar del Perú, Volume 2, page 138
^ José Francisco Vergara inserto, Boletín De la Guerra Del Pacifico page 439

[1] Machuca, Francisco. Las cuatro campañas de la guerra del pacífico., page 268

[2] Carlos Dellepiani, Historia Militar del Perú, Volume 2, page 138

[3] José Francisco Vergara inserto, Boletín De la Guerra Del Pacifico page 439

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