Naval Battle Of Iquique

Naval combat of iquique

L: Now we will speak about the naval combat of iquique
J: this history has his origin in May 21, 1879, this history is the national glory of Chile
L:this one is the history of since the emerald I face the powerful one and been afraid huascar
J: this history begins in the great and gigantic ocean I apease
L: during the warof the pacific one the Chilean set square I block the port of iquique
J: only two Chilean ships supported the bloquead
L: and to think that they were both ships more devils ofthe Chilean set square
J: And in this one so heroic history, also there are heroes
L: seriously which?
J: arturo prat chacon
L: might to count itself on our great hero J:first, his name is agustin arturo prat chacon
L: where nacio, where crecio, where I study and as murio. but important mas that was what it did to be a hero
J: nacio on April 3, 1848,crecio in the estate of agustin, puñual, I study in the naval school in the times of the president manuel montt and murio on May 21, 1879
L: but it was not this day in which theemerald I face the huascar
J: if, he was the captain of the emerald
L: You might tell us this combat
J: In the conflict, in the bay of Iquique, in the morning of May 21, 1879,it was united in unequal combat against the Peruvian battleships Huáscar and Independence. Approximately at 7:00, the vigía of the corvette Covadonga gave the sign of that wereapproaching the Peruvian battleships, supervised by the commanders Juan Guillermo Moore and Michael Grau, respectively.
L: And because arturo prat is considered to be a hero
J:because it gave the life for his flag
L: that great history
J: what is remembered of this day was the gesture of hope and valor of the captain of the emerald and his crew members