Battle of Sabana Larga

Battles of Sabana Larga and Jácuba
	Part of the Dominican War of Independence
Date	January 24, 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 ; Pedro Florentino ; Lucas Peña	Faustin I of Haiti ; Gen. Cayemite ; Gen. Prophete
Strength
8,000[1]	22,000[1]
Casualties and losses
< 25	~1,500 dead; 75 prisoners; 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 January 24, 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.

Notes

1 2 3 Clodfelter 2017, p. 302.

References

Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015 (4th ed.). McFarland.

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[FOOTNOTEClodfelter2017302-1] 1 2 3 Clodfelter 2017, p. 302.