Lautaro, having destroyed Concepción for the second…
1556 CE
Lautaro, having destroyed Concepción for the second time, plans an assault on Santiago, but draws scant support from his troops, who soon dwindle to only six hundred.
He reaches in his northward march the river Mataquito, where in October of 1556 he destroys a fortified camp at Peteroa.
Here, he repulses small attacking Spanish forces, first under the command of Diego Cano and later Villagra himself.
Lautaro retreats towards the river Itata, with the Spaniards in pursuit.