the controversy over the outcome of this combat is very similar to that which occurred during the battle of chipana during the war of the pacific. while the peruvian historiography maintains that it was a confederate victory - because commander panizo managed to prevent his ships from being captured or sunk by a materially superior enemy, even saving the slowest of his ships and successfully responding to enemy fire. in its retreat, chilean historiography considers this combat as a minor action of the war - where the confederate fleet only limited to successfully fleeing thanks to panizo's expertise - in which simpson did not continue the fight because the confederate ships were owners from the windward, that is, from the favorable side of the wind.