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Battle of San Francisco order of battle

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The Battle of San Francisco was an engagement during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) between Chile and the Allied Forces of Peru and Bolivia. It was fought on November 19, 1880, with the forces aligned as follows:

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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  • MG = Major general
  • BG = Brigadier general
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = 1st lieutenant

Chilean North Operations Army

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General Staff

Division Regiments, batteries and other units
Division of the Right:


   Col Martiniano Urriola

  • 1st Infantry Regiment "Buin" [es]: Ltc Luis José Ortiz[1]
  • Civic Naval Artillery Battalion: Col Martiniano Urriola
  • Valparaíso Municipal Police Battalion: Ltc Jacinto Niño
  • 1st Artillery Brigade
    • 1st/2nd Battery: Col Eulogio Villarroel
    • 1st/2nd Battery: Col Roberto Wood[1]
Division of the Center


   Col Domingo Amunátegui[2]

  • 4th Line Infantry Regiment: Ltc Domingo Amunátegui
  • 21st Infantry Regiment "Coquimbo" [es]: Ltc Alejandro Gorostiaga
  • Atacama Battalion: Ltc Juan Martínez
  • Cazadores de Caballo Regiment: Ltc Pedro Soto Aguilar
  • Horse Grenadier Company
  • 3rd Artillery Brigade: José Salvo
    • 1st/3rd Battery: Cpt Pablo Urízar
Division of the Left


   Ltc Ricardo Castro

  • 2nd Line Infantry Regiment: Ltc José Velásquez Bórquez
  • 3rd Line Infantry Regiment: Ltc Ricardo Castro[1]
  • Cazadores de Caballo Regiment: Ltc Pedro Soto Aguilar
  • Groups of Pontooners and others: Maj Juan Larraín
  • 2nd Artillery Brigade: Col Benjamín Montoya[1]
    • 1st/2nd Battery: Cpt Santiago Frías
    • 1st/2nd Battery: Cpt Domingo Carvallo

Southern Peruvian Army

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General Staff

Group Division Regiments and others

Western Group
     Col Belisario Suárez

1st Division

   Col Manuel Velarde Seoane

  • 5th Cazadores de Cuzco Battalion
  • 7th Cazadores de la Guardia Battalion
2nd Division

   BG Pedro Villamil

  • 2nd Aroma de Cochabamba Battalion
  • 3rd Vengadores de Potosí Battalion
  • Victoria Battalion
  • Colquechaca Battalion
  • Husares de Junin Squadron
3rd Division

   Col Francisco Bolognesi

  • 2nd Ayacucho Battalion
  • Guardia de Arequipa Battalion

Eastern Group
     MG Juan Buendía
  

4th Division

   Col Justo Pastor Dávila

5th Division

   BG Pedro Bustamante

1st Division

   BG Carlos Villegas

  • 2nd Cazadores de la Guardia Battalion
  • 3rd Paucarpata de La Paz Battalion
  • 1st Dalence de Oruro Battalion: Col Donato Vásquez
Other Regiments
  • Guias Cavalry Squadron
  • Castilla Cavalry Squadron
  • Campaña Artillery Battalion: Ltc Emilio Castañón
  • 1st Húsares de Bolívar Battalion

Reserves
     Col Andrés Avelino Cáceres

2nd Division

   Col Andrés Avelino Cáceres

  • 2nd Zepita Line Battalion
  • Dos de Mayo Battalion

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Reyno Gutiérrez, Manuel; Gómez Ehrmann, Sergio; Guerrero Yoacham, Cristián (1985). Historia del Ejército de Chile, tomo V. Estado Mayor General del Ejército de Chile.
  2. ^ Eckdahl 1919, p. 331.

Bibliography

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