First Battle of Pucará

Battle of Pucará
Part of the War of the Pacific
Date February 5, 1882 Location Pucará, Junín-Peru Result Peruvian victory
Belligerents
Chile	Peru
Commanders and leaders
Estanislao del Canto	Andrés A. Cáceres
Strength
2,000	1,230
Casualties and losses
30–200 casualties	45 casualties

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.