Battle of Casma

Battle of Casma
	Part of War of the Confederation
	; Painting of the battle of Casma by Álvaro Casanova Zenteno
Date	January 12, 1839
Location	Near Casma in Peru
Result	Chilean victory
Belligerents
Chilean Navy	French corsairs serving the Confederation
Commanders and leaders
Robert Winthrop Simpson	Juan Blanchet †
Strength
2 corvettes; 1 barque	1 brigantine; 1 schooner; 1 corvette; 1 barque
Casualties and losses
8 dead; 8 wounded	13 dead; 70 prisoners; 1 brigantine captured

The Battle of Casma (Spanish: Batalla de Casma or Combate Naval de Casma) was a confrontation that occurred on January 12, 1839, during the War of the Confederation, a conflict between Chile and the Peru–Bolivian Confederation.

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