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wounded upon the "Huascar's" decks, out of the crew of one hundred and ninety-three. The action had lasted one hour and thirty minutes.
The survivors of the ill-fated ironclad were kept some time at work putting out the fires and getting the vessel in sailing order, then she was taken into Mejillones Bay. This action off Point Angamos left the Peruvians only the two wooden corvettes afloat, the "Union" and "Pilcomayo," and the latter was captured by the Chilean ironclads in November.
Prat and Grau, friends, as well as opponents in this war, were martyrs each to his country's cause, and their names are justly immortalized in both Chile and Peru.
