Battle of Cambronal
1855 battle of the Dominican War of Independence
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400 militia | 6,000 regulars |
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Dominican War of Independence
1844
- Fuente del Rodeo
- Cabeza de Las Marías
- Azua
- Santiago
- El Memiso
- Tortuguero
- Fort Cachimán
1845
- Estrelleta
- Beler
1849
1855
- Santomé
- Cambronal
- Sabana Larga
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.