Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An yi yaƙe-yaƙe a Tekun Fasifik, da Hamadar Atacama, da hamadar Peru, da yankunan tsaunuka a cikin Andes. A cikin watanni biyar na farko, an yi yakin ne a cikin yakin basasa, yayin da Chile ke fama da kafa tashar jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa don dakarunta a cikin hamada mafi bushe a duniya. Bayan haka, yakin basasa na Chile ya rinjayi sojojin Bolivia da Peruvian. Bolivia ta janye bayan yakin Tacna
, a ranar 26 ga Mayu, 1880. Sojojin Chile sun mamaye Lima a watan Janairun 1881. Ragowar sojojin Peruvian da na yau da kullun sun yi yakin basasa amma ba za su iya hana ƙungiyoyin Peruvian da suka gaji da yaƙi daga cimma yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya tare da Chile da ke tattare da rabon ƙasa ba.