Conflict: | Battle of Sabana Larga |
Partof: | the Dominican War of Independence |
Date: | 24 January 1856 |
Place: | Sabana Larga, near Dajabón |
Result: | Dominican victory |
Combatant1: | Dominican Republic |
Commander1: | Juan Luis Franco Bidó Gaspar Polanco Pedro Florentino Lucas de Peña Eusebio Puello |
Commander2: | Faustin I of Haiti Gen. Cayemite Gen. Prophete |
Strength1: | 6,500–8,000 |
Strength2: | 8,000–22,000 |
Casualties1: | 236 killed |
Casualties2: | 1,000+ killed[1] Hundreds of prisoners 2 artillery pieces captured |
The Battle of Sabana Larga (Spanish; Castilian: Batalla de Sabana Larga) was a major battle during the years after the Dominican War of Independence. It was fought on 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.