Coastal Bombardments in April 1879

On April 15th, 1879, the Chilean ships cruised the coast of Peru, destroying the equipment for loading guano and ballast (Lopez, pg. 130) First, they destroyed the bridges with cannon shots and then they destroyed the mining structures themselves, setting the wood on fire. On April 18th the Chileans bombarded Pisagua with incendiaries. In the resulting fire, five women and four children died. Two children were wounded.

Resources
Lopez, Jacinto. 1930. Historia de la Guerra del Guano y el Salitre o Guerra del Pacifico entre Chile, Bolivia y El Peru. New York: De Laisne & Rossboro.