Battle of Cambronal
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| Battle of Cambronal | |||||||
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| Part of the Dominican War of Independence | |||||||
| File:42 of 'Santo Domingo, past and present. With a Glance at Hayti' (11100133665).jpg Map of the Hispaniola (1873) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| File:Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg Dominican Republic | File:Flag of Haiti (1849–1859).svg Haiti | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Dominican Republic Francisco Sosa | Second Empire of Haiti Pierre Rivere Garat † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 400 militia | 6,000 regulars | ||||||
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The Battle of Cambronal (Spanish: Batalla de Cambronal) was a major battle during the years after the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on 22 December 1855, in Cambronal, near Neiba. A detachment of Dominican troops forming part of the Army of the South, led by General Francisco Sosa, defeated an outnumbering force of the Haitian Army led by General Pierre Rivere Garat.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Matibag 2003, p. 118.
References
- Matibag, E. (2003). Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint: Nation, State, and Race on Hispaniola. Springer.