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[[File:Sinking of the Esmeralda during the battle of Iquique.jpg|300px|thumbnail|Sinking of the Esmeralda during the [[battle of Iquique]]]]

The '''War of the Pacific''' was a [[war]] between [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Chile]] (the first two allied) in which [[Chile]] won.

The '''War of the Pacific''' was a [[war]] between [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Chile]] (the first two allied) in which [[Chile]] won.

Chile gained the provinces of Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Arica and Tacna (this last one was given back to Peru in 1929) in where Chile obtained numerous reserves of [[Saltpeter]], [[Copper]] and [[Lithium]] that sustain the Chilean Economy.

Chile gained the provinces of Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Arica and Tacna (this last one was given back to Peru in 1929) in where Chile obtained numerous reserves of [[Saltpeter]], [[Copper]] and [[Lithium]] that sustain the Chilean Economy.

Due to this, the Argentine Congress stopped the processing of the law and after the Chilean triumph of Angamos, where the Huascar fell, it withdrew the processing definitively, foreseeing the difficulties of this war.

Due to this, the Argentine Congress stopped the processing of the law and after the Chilean triumph of Angamos, where the Huascar fell, it withdrew the processing definitively, foreseeing the difficulties of this war.

In such episode of May 21, in the naval combat of Punta Gruesa, Captain Carlos Condell, in command of the Covadonga, a wooden ship of little weight, managed to deceive the Peruvian taking them to lower waters, with which he managed to run aground the Independencia, which was the most powerful armored ship after the Monitor Huáscar. In the naval battle of Iquique, with the death of Arturo Prat, captain of the Esmeralda, wooden ship that blocked Iquique while the rest of the Chilean squadron was looking for the Peruvian one, when facing the Huascar, a martyr was created around which the Chilean people got excited, marching to recruit massively for the war.

In such episode of May 21, in the naval combat of Punta Gruesa, Captain Carlos Condell, in command of the Covadonga, a wooden ship of little weight, managed to deceive the Peruvian taking them to lower waters, with which he managed to run aground the Independencia, which was the most powerful armored ship after the Monitor Huáscar. In the [[battle of Iquique|naval battle of Iquique]], with the death of Arturo Prat, captain of the Esmeralda, wooden ship that blocked Iquique while the rest of the Chilean squadron was looking for the Peruvian one, when facing the Huascar, a martyr was created around which the Chilean people got excited, marching to recruit massively for the war.

The Huascar, the only battleship that Peru had left, had great relevance after the combat, since through diverse raids it attacked smaller Chilean ships, without being able to be caught by the Chilean ships of greater power, which created a general uneasiness in the Chilean people. Finally the Blanco Encalada and the Lord Cochrane managed to enclose, torpedo and capture the monitor Huáscar, in the naval battle of Angamos, which was used in the rest of the maritime campaign by Chile and then preserved to this day as a museum.

The Huascar, the only battleship that Peru had left, had great relevance after the combat, since through diverse raids it attacked smaller Chilean ships, without being able to be caught by the Chilean ships of greater power, which created a general uneasiness in the Chilean people. Finally the Blanco Encalada and the Lord Cochrane managed to enclose, torpedo and capture the monitor Huáscar, in the naval battle of Angamos, which was used in the rest of the maritime campaign by Chile and then preserved to this day as a museum.