First Battle of Pucará

Battle of Pucará
Part of War of the Pacific
Date February 5, of 1882 Location Pucará, Junín-Perú Result undecided
Belligerents
Chile	Peru
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Estanislao del Canto	General Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Strength
2,000	1,230
Casualties and losses
13 killed, 17 wounded	21 killed, 24 wounded

The Battle of Pucará (Spanish: Batalla de Pucará) was fought on February 5, 1882, during the Sierra Campaign of the War of the Pacific. With a two-to-one superiority in numbers and even more in artillery, the Chilean army under the command of Colonel Estanislao del Canto was unable to destroy the little Peruvian army of General Cáceres, and withdrew to the town of Pucará leaving the Peruvian army to continue its strategic retreat.