Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías

The Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas, were the first military engagements of the Dominican War of Independence and were fought between the 13 and 18 March 1844, at Cabeza de Las Marías, near Neyba, Baoruco Province and Las Hicoteas, near Azua de Compostela, Azua Province. A force of 500 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.

Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas
Part of the Dominican War of Independence
Date13-18 March 1844
Location
Cabeza de Las Marías, near Neyba, Baoruco Province - Las Hicoteas, near Azua de Compostela, Azua Province
Result Pyrrhic Haitian victory
Belligerents
Dominican Republic Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Manuel de Regla Mota
Gen. José María Cabral		 Gen. Souffrand
Col. Auguste Brouard
Strength
500 10,000[1]
Casualties and losses
3 killed[2] 1,000 killed or wounded[2]

References
  1. Multiple Authors 2013.
  2. Porter 1846.

Bibliography
  • Authors, Multiple (2013). Imperial Wars 1815–1914. Amber Books Ltd.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Porter, David Dixon (1846). Diario de una misión secreta a Santo Domingo: 1846. Editora de Santo Domingo.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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