Battle of Buenavista | |||||||
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Part of the Tacna and Arica campaign of the War of the Pacific | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 killed [1] |
100 killed 5 wounded 38 captured |
The Battle of Buenavista was a battle of the Tacna and Arica campaign of the War of the Pacific on April 18, 1880, between a Chilean cavalry detachment led by Commander José Francisco Vergara, and the forces of Colonel Gregorio Albarracín in the Sama River, Tacna Province, Peru.