The Battle of Azua was the first major battle of the

Dominican War of Independence The Dominican War of Independence made the Dominican Republic a sovereign state on February 27, 1844. Before the war, the island of Hispaniola had been united for 22 years when the newly independent nation, previously known as the Captaincy Gen ...

and was fought on the 19 March 1844, at

Azua de Compostela Azua de Compostela, also known simply as Azua, is a Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, municipality (''municipio'') and capital of Azua Province in the southern region of Dominican Republic. Founded in 1504, Azua is one of the oldest Europe ...

, Azua Province. A force of some 2,200 Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of the South, led by General

Pedro Santana Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras (June 29, 1801June 14, 1864) was a Dominican military commander and royalist politician who served as the president of the junta that had established the First Dominican Republic, a pr ...

and General

Antonio Duvergé Antonio Duvergé Duval (1807–April 11, 1855), a Dominican general of French origin and one of the most legendary military figures in the history of the Dominican Republic, served in the Dominican War of Independence. He was a hero and martyr ...

defeated an outnumbering force of 10,000 troops of the Haitian Army led by General Souffrand.

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