The Battle of Sabana Real (

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: ''Batalla de Sabana Real)'' took place on January 21, 1691. An army of 700 Dominican raiders and 2,600 militiamen aboard five warships of the

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, circled and overwhelmed 1,000 French defenders at Sabana de la

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; Governor de Cussy and 400 of his followers were killed. This incident, among others, led Spain to formally recognize French control of some Caribbean territory in the

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in order to avoid further conflicts again in the future: Tortuga Island and the western third of the adjacent island of

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, where the French colony of

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was later established.

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