Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yeTarapacá yakaitika musi waNovember 27, 1879, panguva yeTarapacá Campaign yeHondo yePacific. Boka revarwi veChilean revarwi 2.300 vaitungamirirwa naColonel Luis Arteaga rakapotsa rakarwisa boka revarwi vePeru raipfuura 4,500 raitungamirirwa naGen Juan Buendía paTarapacá, zvichiguma nekukundwa kwakakomba. Chikwata cheChilean 2nd Line Regiment ndicho chakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya, chakarasikirwa nehafu yesimba rayo, pamwe nemutungamiri waro Col. Eleuterio Ramírez nemutevedzeri wake, Lt. Col. Bartolomé Vivar. Uyewo, boka racho rakarasikirwa nomureza waro, uyo wakawanikwazve mwedzi mitanhatu gare gare pashure pehondo ye
Tacna. Pasinei nokukunda, vaAllies havana kukwanisa kukwikwidza kutonga kwedhipatimendi reTarapacá, vachiriisa pasi pehutongi hweChilean.