Battle of Sabana Larga
1856 battle of the Dominican War of Independence (1844–1856)
Battle of Sabana Larga | |||||||
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Part of the Dominican War of Independence | |||||||
![]() Dajabón Province | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
6,500–8,000[1][2] | 8,000–22,000[1][2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
236 killed[1] | 1,000+ killed[1] Hundreds of prisoners[1] 2 artillery pieces captured[1] |
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Dominican War of Independence
- 1844
- Fuente del Rodeo
- Cabeza de Las Marías
- Azua
- Santiago
- El Memiso
- Tortuguero
- Fort Cachimán
- 1845
- Estrelleta
- Beler
- 1849
- 1855
- 1856
- Sabana Larga
The Battle of Sabana Larga (Spanish: Batalla de Sabana Larga) was a major battle during the years after the Dominican War of Independence. It was fought on 24 January 1856 in Sabana Larga, Dajabón. A force of 8,000 Dominican troops of the northern army, led by General Juan Luis Franco Bidó, defeated a numerically larger force of 22,000 troops of the Haitian Army under Emperor Faustin I.[2] Another part of the Haitian army was entrenched in Jácuba near Puerto Plata, but were defeated by Florentino and General Peter Lucas Peña.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "La batalla de Sabana Larga" (PDF) (in Spanish).
- ^ a b c Clodfelter 2017, p. 302.
Bibliography
- Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015 (4th ed.). McFarland.