Battle of La Palma

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Battle of La Palma
Date5 January 1855
Location
Result Revolutionary victory
Belligerents
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Constitutional government Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Liberating Army
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg José Rufino Echenique Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Ramón Castilla
Strength
5,000+ men [1] 3,500–6,000+ men [1]
Casualties and losses
500 killed [1] 1,000 killed [1]

On January 5, 1855, during the Liberal Revolution of 1854 in Peru, at the La Palma hacienda, Ramón Castilla's troops defeated those of Echenique, who had to be sheltered in the house of the British charge d'affaires, Sullivan. The Government Palace, the President's house and his wife's quinta were looted, as well as that of his relatives and his closest collaborators. Echenique then went into exile.

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