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Pedro Lagos
Pedro Lagos Marchant was a Chilean infantry commander. He is best remembered for commanding the assault and capture of the city of Arica during the War of the Pacific.
Early life
He was born in Chillan in 1832 to Manuel Lagos y Jara Quemada and Rosario Marchant. The family moved to the countryside after the 1835 earthquake destroyed the city. Pedro was the first-born of 15 brothers of very poor background, and he started his studies at the first school opened in rebuilt Chillan. Soon afterwards, he continued them at the school founded by the Spaniard, Jose Martinez. In 1846, ...
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