Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan da Chile ta tabbatar da teku tare da nasara a Angamos a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 1879, sojojin Chile sun shirya kai hari lardin Tarapacá. Saboda haka, an kaddamar da wani aiki na amphibious a Pisagua a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, yana tura Allies a cikin gida da kuma samun wurin da za a sauke sojojin da kayan aiki. Nan da nan bayan Pisagua, rundunonin Sojoji biyu sun kasance kaɗan da yawa kuma an murkushe su a Pampa Germania a ranar 6 ga Nuwamba, kuma Kanar Emilio Sotomayor ya ci gaba da kai hari ga mutane 7,400 a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba a
Gidan Dolores, kusa da San Francisco. Jerin nasarorin ya sa kwamandojin Chilean sun yi matukar kwarin gwiwa, kuma ba tare da cikakken bayani ba sun kai hari ga sojojin Peru da suka fi yawa a Tarapacá a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, inda suka sha wahala sosai. Duk da haka, Allies sun janye daga sashen Tarapacá, suna barin shi a hannun Chile.