Battle of Sabana Larga
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| Battle of Sabana Larga | |||||||
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| Part of the Dominican War of Independence | |||||||
| File:Dajabon in Dominican Republic.svg Dajabón Province | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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Dominican Republic Juan Luis Franco Bidó Dominican Republic Gaspar Polanco Dominican Republic Pedro Florentino Dominican Republic Lucas de Peña Dominican Republic Eusebio Puello |
Second Empire of Haiti Faustin I of Haiti Second Empire of Haiti Gen. Cayemite Second Empire of Haiti Gen. Prophete | ||||||
| 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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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.
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Bibliography
- Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015 (4th ed.). McFarland.