Andean TragedyThe year 1879 marked the beginning of one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts of nineteenth century Latin America. The War of the Pacific pitted Peru and Bolivia against Chile in a struggle initiated over a festering border dispute. The conflict saw Chiles and Perus armored warships vying for control of sea lanes and included one of the first examples of the use of naval torpedoes. On land, large armies using the most modern weaponsbreech loading