Battle of March 30

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of March 30
partof=the Dominican War of Independence


caption=
date=March 30 1844
place=Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province
result=Dominican victory
combatant1=
combatant2=flagicon|Haiti|civil Haiti
commander1= Col. Pedro Eugenio Pelletier
commander2=flagicon|Haiti|civil Gen. Jean-Louis Pierrot flagicon|Haiti|civil Gen. St.-Louis
strength1=400 regulars 100 Franco-Macorisan cavalry
strength2=10,000 regulars
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=715

The Battle of March 30 (Battle of Santiago), was the second major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on March 30, 1844, at Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province. A force of some 500 Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of The North, led by General José María Imbert, defeated an outnumbering force of 10,000 troops of the Haitian Army led by General Jean-Louis Pierrot.