Battle of Santomé

Part of the Dominican War of Independence

Date	December 22, 1855
Location	San Juan de la Maguana
Result	Dominican victory

Belligerents

Dominican Republic

Empire of Haiti

Commanders and leaders

José María Cabral

Antoine Pierrot

Dominican War of Independence

Fuente del Rodeo Cabeza de Las Marías Azua Santiago (1844) El Memiso Tortuguero Estrelleta Beler El Número Las Carreras Santomé Sabana Larga

The Battle of Santomé was one of the bloodiest confrontations of the post-independence Haitian-Dominican War. Dominican guerrillas fought in pitched battle, wielding machetes and lances in defense of their homeland. Almost 700 Haitians fell that day, and the rest, many of them wounded, were forced to retreat as far back as the fortress of Cachimán, by Las Caobas, and then beyond the border. The Haitians met defeat on the same day at Cambronal.

References

Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint

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