Balmaceda is surprised, but acts promptly. The…
August 1891 CE
The first battle is fought on the Aconcagua river at Concón on the 21st.
The eager infantry of the Congressional army forces the passage of the river and storms the heights held by the Gobiernistas.
A severe fight ensues, in which the troops of President Balmaceda are defeated with heavy loss.
The killed and wounded of the Balmacedists number sixteen hundred, and nearly all the prisoners, about fifteen hundred men, enroll themselves in the rebel army, which thus more than makes good its loss of one thousand killed and wounded.
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