The Battle of Sabana Larga was a major battle during the years after 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 Gene ...
. It was fought on the 24 January 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. Another part of the Haitian army was entrenched in Jácuba near
Puerto Plata, but were defeated by Florentino and General Peter Lucas Peña.
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Battles involving Haiti
Battles of the Dominican War of Independence
Conflicts in 1856
1856 in the Dominican Republic
1856 in Haiti
January 1856 events