Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías
| Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas | |||||||
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| Part of the Dominican War of Independence | |||||||
 Azua Province | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} Dominican Republic |
 Haiti | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Gen. Manuel de Regla Mota Gen. José María Cabral |
Gen. Souffrand Col. Auguste Brouard | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 500 | 10,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 killed[2] | 1,000 killed or wounded[2] | ||||||
The Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas (Spanish: Batalla de Cabeza de Las Marías y Las Hicoteas) were the first military engagements of the Dominican War of Independence and were fought between the 13 and 18 March 1844, at Cabeza de Las Marías, near Neyba, Baoruco Province and Las Hicoteas, near Azua de Compostela, Azua Province. A force of 500 Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of the South, led by General Manuel de Regla Mota, encountered an outnumbering force of 10,000 troops of the Haitian Army led by General Souffrand and was forced to flee to Azua de Compostela.
References
- ^ Authors 2013.
- ^ a b Porter 1846.
Bibliography
- Authors, Multiple (2013). Imperial Wars 1815–1914. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 9781782741251.
- Porter, David Dixon (1846). Diario de una misión secreta a Santo Domingo: 1846. Editora de Santo Domingo. ISBN 9788484010197.