title: Blockade of Iquique
text: # Blockade of Iquique
  
  vteWar of the Pacific :
  
  Naval campaign
  
  1st Iquique
  
  Chipana
  
  Pisagua
  
  1st Callao
  
  2nd Iquique
  
  Punta Gruesa
  
  Huáscar
  
  1st Antofagasta
  
  3rd Iquique
  
  Rímac
  
  2nd Antofagasta
  
  Punta Arenas
  
  Angamos
  
  Pilcomayo
  
  Arica
  
  Naval Battle
  
  Rupture
  
  2nd Callao
  
  Land campaigns
  
  Loa Line and Altiplano
  
  Calama
  
  Río Grande
  
  Quillagua
  
  Tambillo
  
  Tarapacá campaign
  
  Pisagua
  
  Pampa Germania
  
  San Francisco
  
  Tarapacá
  
  Tacna and Arica campaign
  
  Ilo and Pacocha
  
  Moquegua
  
  Mollendo
  
  Los Ángeles
  
  Locumba
  
  Buenavista
  
  Tacna
  
  Arica
  
  Tarata
  
  Lynch Expedition
  
  Lima campaign
  
  Chilca
  
  Yerba Buena
  
  Bujama
  
  Humay
  
  El Manzano
  
  Rinconada de Ate
  
  San Juan and Chorrillos
  
  Miraflores
  
  Lima
  
  Chilean occupation of Peru
  
  Sierra campaign
  
  San Jerónimo
  
  Letelier Expedition
  
  Sángrar
  
  Verrugas
  
  1st Purhuay
  
  Calientes
  
  1st Pachía
  
  Cieneguilla
  
  Motupe
  
  Guadalupe
  
  1st Pucará
  
  Acuchimay
  
  Sierralumi
  
  Huaripampa
  
  Llocllapampa
  
  Chupaca
  
  La Oroya
  
  2nd Pucará
  
  Concepción
  
  San Pablo
  
  Tarmatambo
  
  2nd Purhuay
  
  Huamantanga
  
  Crossing of the Andes
  
  Huamachuco
  
  Izcuchaca
  
  2nd Pachía
  
  Arequipa-Puno Line
  
  Arequipa
  
  Titicaca Lake :
  
  The Blockade of Iquique was a military operation that occurred during the War of the Pacific. Once war was declared by Chile upon Peru on Saturday, April 5, 1879, the first Chilean naval action for the War of the Pacific was set in motion. The plan was to block the Peruvian port of Iquique the same day the declaration of war was made. The first phase of the blockade ended on May 21, 1879, after the clashes between the Peruvian ships Huascar and Independencia versus the Chilean ships Esmeralda and Covadonga.
  
  The second phase of the blockade was resumed on June 1, and lasted until August 2, 1879, at which time John Williams Rebolledo had to resign for failing to succeed in its actions because of the excursions of the Huascar of Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau against Chilean vessels.
  
  