| Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War | |||||||||
 Location of the battle with modern day borders | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Peru |
 Ecuador | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Gen. Antonio Silva Santisteban[2][3] Maj. Manuel Moria Concha[2][3] Corvette Cpt. Florencio Texeira Vela[3] |
Carlos Escalante †[1][2][3] José Arias Cox (POW)[2][3] | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 14th Battalion Oriente[2] | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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2 rifle companies 1 machine gun company 3 machine gun platoons 2 75mm batteries BAP Amazonas 1 civilian volunteer |
1 rifle company 1 machine gun company 2 47mm cannons[2][3] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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10 dead 9 wounded[3] |
8 dead[5] 3 wounded 29 captured[3] 6 civilians drowned[2] | ||||||||
The Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte,[6] known also simply as the Battle of Rocafuerte, was a military confrontation between Peru and Ecuador that took place on August 11, 1941, during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.
- ^ a b Macías Núñez, Edison (2017). Artillería por siempre: historia, gloria y tradición (in Spanish). Quito: Centro de Estudios Históricos del Ejército. p. 110.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Macías Núñez, Edison (2012). EL EJÉRCITO ECUATORIANO EN LA CAMPAÑA INTERNACIONAL DE 1941 Y EN LA POST GUERRA (in Spanish). Quito: Centro de Estudios Históricos del Ejército. pp. 130, 148–156.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Monteza Tafur, Miguel (1979). El Conflicto Militar del Perú con el Ecuador. Editorial Universo S.A. pp. 124–166, 240–246.
- ^ Zlatan Stambuk, Tte. Grl. FAP José; Muniz Ortega, Tte. Grl. FAP Mario (1981). Homenaje a la Fuerza Aérea del Perú 1981 (in Spanish). pp. 8, 38–39.
- ^ Apuntes histórico militares del Perú, 1909-1941 (in Spanish). Comisión Permanente de la Historia del Ejército del Perú. 2006. pp. 116–117.
- ^ "Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte". Peruvian Navy.