Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías

Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas Part of the Dominican War of Independence Date March 13–18, 1844 Location Cabeza de Las Marías, near Neyba, Baoruco Province - Las Hicoteas, near Azua de Compostela, Azua Province Result Pyrrhic Haitian victory Belligerents Dominican Republic Haiti Commanders and leaders Gen. Manuel de Regla Mota Gen. José María Cabral Gen. Souffrand Col. Auguste Brouard Strength 500 10,000[1] Casualties and losses 3 dead[2] 1,000 dead or wounded[2]

The Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas, were the first military engagements of the Dominican War of Independence and were fought between March 13 and March 18, 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

1. Authors, Multiple (2013). Imperial Wars 1815–1914. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 9781782741251.
2. Porter, David Dixon (1978). Diario de una misión secreta a Santo Domingo: 1846. Editora de Santo Domingo. ISBN 9788484010197.