The Battle of Miraflores occurred on January 15, 1881 in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru.
Himself and his squadron were later freed via prisoner exchange, and they fought at the battles of Tacna, Chorrillos and Miraflores.
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Later she escaped damage from the continuous attacks of the Chilean Navy during the blockade of Callao between 1880 and 1881, but after the defeat of the Peruvian Army in the battles of San Juan and Miraflores, the Secretary of the Navy, Captain Manuel Villar, ordered during the night of January 16, 1881 the destruction of the port defenses and the remaining ships of the Peruvian Navy
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Veteran of two wars and many internal conflicts, from 1873 due her age it served as training ship in Callao port until January 17, 1881, when she was scuttled along with the rest of the Peruvian Navy to prevent being capture by the Chilean troops who occupied the port after the defeat of the Peruvian Army in the battle of San Juan and Miraflores.
After the successful attacks on the Lima suburbs of San Juan and Miraflores it became apparent that the city was going to fall to the advancing Chilean army.
During the same war, Bernard Fleming, a 17 year-old who was born in Lima of British parents, died in the Battle of Miraflores on 15 June 1881.