The last letter of a hero Arica May 22, 1880 Dear Maria Josefa, This will surely be one of the last news that will come from me, because every day that passes we see that the danger is approaching and that the threat of surrender or annihilation by the enemy superior to the Peruvian forces, are latent and determinant. Days and hours pass and sound like tragic bell-blows scattered over this cliff of the military citadel, enlarged with a handful of patriots who have their hours counted and their decision to fight without fainting in the combat, so as not to defraud the Peru. What will happen to you, beloved wife, you who accompanied me with love and holiness? What will happen to our daughter and her husband, who can not see or feel in the common home? God is going to decide this drama in which the politicians who fled and those who assaulted the power, have the same responsibility. Both have dictated with their incapacity, the sentence that will be applied by the enemy. You never claim anything so they don´t believe my duty had priced.  Kisses for you and Margarita. Hugs to Melvin. Francisco Bolognesi P.D: This letter was wrote during "La guerra del pacífico" ... Perú vs Chile THIS IS A TRANSLATE THAT I MADE FROM ORIGINAL LETTER IF YOU WANT TO READ THE ORIGINAL IN SPANISH I CAN SEND YOU :)