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Monday 18 October 2021

Spain threatened Peru to use her navy to get compensation according to the Dutch newspaper Utrechtsch provinciaal en stedelijk dagblad dated 4 November 1864

An item dated Madrid, Spain 29th October reported that Spain intended to make Peru clear that she was not willing to hand over the Chinchas before getting full satisfaction and compensation. If necessary was the Spanish navy to act.(1)

Note
1. Between 1864 and 1866 was Spain in war with her former colonies Peru and Chile including the Spain seizing the Peruvian guano-rich Chincha Islands on 14 April 1864.