Battle of Sabana Larga
Battles of Sabana Larga and Jácuba | |||||||
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Part of the Dominican War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Dominican Republic | Empire of Haiti | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Juan Luis Franco Bidó Gaspar Polanco Pedro Florentino Lucas Peña |
Faustin I of Haiti Gen. Cayemite Gen. Prophete | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8,000[1] |
22,000[1] 2+ artillery pieces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
25 casualties |
1,500 killed 75 captured 2 artillery pieces captured |
The Battle of Sabana Larga was a major battle during the years after the Dominican War of Independence. It was fought on the 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.[1] 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 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.
Categories:
- Battles involving Haiti
- Battles of the Dominican War of Independence
- Conflicts in 1856
- 1856 in the Dominican Republic
- 1856 in Haiti
- January 1856 events