Battle of Sabana Larga

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.

Battles of Sabana Larga and Jácuba
Part of the Dominican War of Independence
Date24 January 1856
Location
Sabana Larga, near Dajabón; and The Hicoteas, near Puerto Plata
Result Decisive Dominican victory
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

References
  1. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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