Chincha Islands War

Spanish–South American War
	; 1865 South America during the Chincha Islands War. Orange: Peru. Green: Bolivia. Yellow: Ecuador. Blue-Green: Colombia. Purple: Chile.
Date	1865–1871
Location	Coasts of Chile and Peru, mainly
Result	Indefinite armistice of 1871; Peace treaties between Spain and Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885).;
Belligerents
Chile; Peru (since 1866) Nominal participation:; Ecuador (since 1866); Bolivia (since 1866)	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Mariano I. Prado; Juan Williams R.	José M. Pareja †; C. Méndez Núñez
Casualties and losses
700	300

The Chincha Islands War, also known as Spanish–South American War (Spanish: Guerra hispano-sudamericana), was a series of coastal and naval battles between Spain and its former colonies of Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia from 1865 to 1879. The conflict began with Spain's seizure of the guano-rich Chincha Islands in one of a series of attempts by Spain, under Isabella II, to reassert its influence over its former South American colonies. The war saw the use of ironclads, including the Spanish ship Numancia, the first ironclad to circumnavigate the world.

^ "Statistics of Wars, Oppressions and Atrocities of the Nineteenth Century (the 1800s)".

[1] "Statistics of Wars, Oppressions and Atrocities of the Nineteenth Century (the 1800s)".

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