Peruvian General Andrés Cáceres controlled the Mantaro valley and had even briefly possessed the city of Huancayo.
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Many more died or were executed after the battle, among them one of Peru's greatest heroes, Colonel Leoncio Prado, due to failing to keep his word to stay out of the war.
This would be consummated only two years later on the fields of Huamachuco.
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