🌎 Latin American Warshard
Battle of Arica
1880 CE · Arica, Peru (now Chile)
Quick Facts
- Year
- 1880 CE
- Location
- Arica, Peru (now Chile)
- Era
- 🌎 Latin American Wars
- Difficulty
- hard
Chilean forces stormed the heavily fortified clifftop position of Arica in just 55 minutes. Colonel Francisco Bolognesi had refused to surrender, vowing to fight to the last cartridge. The fierce assault and the defenders' heroic resistance made Arica one of the most celebrated battles on both sides of the War of the Pacific.
💡 Did you know?
Colonel Bolognesi's famous last words at Arica — 'I have sacred duties to fulfill and I will fight until firing the last cartridge' — became one of the most iconic phrases in Peruvian military history.