Chorrillos

Detrás de la Puerta Coco y Forro Reina de Africa Her family and childhood in an impoverished part of Chorrillos, a district of Lima, are the wells from which Ms. Baca's passions spring, she said.

How the Sounds of Africa Have Traveled Jim Fusilli 2011

Ms. Baca was born in one of those barrios within Chorrillos, where descendants of slaves have lived since the days of the Spanish Empire.

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Valdivia, Quilpue, Temuco, Sewell, Chorrillos, Mülchen and other smaller ones, as well as several isolated localities in that republic, may well hasten the advent of the day when the Chilean followers of the Faith of

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There was no help for it, so Kiefer was left with the baggage and Paul, closely guarded, rode off into the sultry night During the small hours of the morning, the troop arrived at Chorrillos, at which place, Boyton positively refused to go further, being too nearly exhausted to proceed.

The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881

One night as they were watching from Chorrillos, a cruiser was sighted steaming slowly up the coast and Paul determined to test her alertness at all hazards.

The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881

The Peruvian troops were now marshaled at Chorrillos to repel the further advance of the Chilean army that had landed at Pisco.

The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881

After the Chilean had discovered the torpedo, the little sloop barely escaped by putting out her sweeps and drawing close up under the land, by that means reaching Chorrillos next morning in safety.

The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881

The Chileans had advanced beyond Pisco and the first battle near Lima, on the plains outside of Chorrillos, was imminent.

The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881

On January fourteenth, 1881, the Chileans began the attack on Chorrillos, the fashionable watering place about three leagues from Lima.

The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881

The brilliant ranks were composed of young men in gorgeous uniforms, who sang gaily as they marched on to Chorrillos.

The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881