Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías

Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas
partof=the Dominican War of Independence


caption=
date=March 13 - March 18, 1844
place=Cabeza de Las Marías, near Neyba, Baoruco Province - Las Hicoteas, near Azua de Compostela, Azua Province
result=Haitian victory
combatant1=
combatant2=flagicon|Haiti|civil Haiti
commander1= Gen. José María Cabral
commander2=flagicon|Haiti|civil Gen. Souffrand flagicon|Haiti|civil Col. Auguste Brouard
strength1=Unknown
strength2=10,000 regulars
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=Unknown

The Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas, were the first military engagements of Dominican War of Independence and were fought between March 13 - March 18, 1844, at Cabeza de Las Marías, near Neyba, Baoruco Province and Las Hicoteas, near Azua de Compostela, Azua Province. A force of 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.


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