An attempt to end this war with a twenty million dollar indemnity failed at the Lackawanna conference. According to Wikipedia, weekly editorials in one country's leading newspaper still press for a reversal of this war's outc
An attempt to end this war with a twenty million dollar indemnity failed at the Lackawanna conference. According to Wikipedia, weekly editorials in one country's leading newspaper still press for a reversal of this war's outcome. During the first phase of this war, the naval battle of Inquique resulted in the death of Arturo Prat and the destruction of the frigate corvette Esmeralda. The victor at that battle was defeated in the Battle of Angamos, allowing the invaders to land troops at Pisagua. Miguel Grau's ship Huascar was a key player in those battles. The Tarapaca province was ceded at the end of this war over saltpeter deposits, in the Treaty of Ancon. For 10 points, name this war, fought fought between Chile and a Peruvian-Bolivian alliance, in which Bolivia lost its access to the ocean.
An attempt to end this war with a twenty million dollar indemnity failed at the Lackawanna conference.
War of the Pacific